With Native American Heritage Month winding down, students joined together at the Kirtland Central High agriculture barn to practice the time honored tradition of butchering. The brisk morning was ...

During the butchering, the women work methodically – despite the time limit, the sheep butchering competition is not about speed. It’s about precision and skill. Sloppy cuts could cost the women ...

WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. — Whenever Amy Begaye's extended family butchered a sheep, she was given what she considered easy tasks — holding the legs and catching the blood with a bowl. She was never given ...

All eyes were cast on the six young women competing. Cheers erupted as they came out, waved to the crowds and took their spots by large wooden butchering stands, tied-up sheep close by. Behind them ...