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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: ROUBA KHARMA and her son, OMAR EL ASSADI, both originally from Syria, become US citizens Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: New US citizens take the oath of citizenship at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: New US citizens take the oath of citizenship at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Cardinals' offensive lineman TAITUSI "Duece" LATUI,   originally from Tonga, is sworn as a US citizen Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2, 2010  - PHOENIX, AZ: Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Cardinals' offensive lineman TAITUSI "Duece" LATUI,   originally from Tonga, waves an American flag while he is sworn as a US citizen Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: MICHEL CHERGUI, originally from France, becomes a US citizen during a naturalization ceremony Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: ROUBA KHARMA and her son, OMAR EL ASSADI, both originally from Syria, become US citizens Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: RAMILABEN GORDHUNBHUI PATEL, originally from India, and others are sworn in as new US citizens Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: US Army PFC JORGE HERNANDEZ, originally from Mexico, salutes while he is sworn in as a US citizen Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Cardinals' offensive lineman TAITUSI "Duece" LATUI,   originally from Tonga, is sworn as a US citizen Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Cardinals' offensive lineman TAITUSI "Duece" LATUI,   originally from Tonga, is sworn as a US citizen Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Cardinals' offensive lineman TAITUSI "Duece" LATUI,   originally from Tonga, is sworn as a US citizen Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2, 2010  - PHOENIX, AZ: Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: RAMILABEN GORDHUNBHUI PATEL, originally from India, and others are sworn in as new US citizens Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: New US citizens take the oath of citizenship at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: Arizona Cardinals' offensive lineman TAITUSI "Duece" LATUI,   originally from Tonga, RIGHT, and others are sworn as US citizens Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: Boy Scout leaders carry the American flag at the beginning of a naturalization ceremony in Phoenix Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: MICHEL CHERGUI, originally from France, becomes a US citizen during a naturalization ceremony Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: MICHEL CHERGUI, originally from France, becomes a US citizen during a naturalization ceremony Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: RAMILABEN GORDHUNBHUI PATEL, originally from India, and others are sworn in as new US citizens Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: RAMILABEN GORDHUNBHUI PATEL, originally from India, and others are sworn in as new US citizens Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: New US citizens take the oath of citizenship at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: US Army pfc JORGE HERNANDEZ (left) and Arizona Cardinals' offensive lineman TAITUSI "Duece" LATUI, originally from Tonga, RIGHT, are sworn as US citizens Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: American flags on chairs in the gym at the South Mountain Community College before the naturalization ceremony. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • July 2 - PHOENIX, AZ: New US citizens take the oath of citizenship at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, Friday. Nearly 200 people were sworn in as US citizens during the "Fiesta of Independence" at South Mountain Community College in Phoenix, AZ, Friday. The ceremony is an annual event on th 4th of July weekend and usually the largest naturalization ceremony of the year in the Phoenix area.  Photo by Jack Kurtz
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People place flowers on the altar memorializing the 8 people murdered in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People line the sidewalk into the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens during the memorial service in Des Moines for the 8 people murdered by a gunman in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People on the lawn behind the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens during the memorial service in Des Moines for the 8 people murdered by a gunman in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People on the lawn behind the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens during the memorial service in Des Moines for the 8 people murdered by a gunman in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People in the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens during the memorial service in Des Moines for the 8 people murdered by a gunman in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People line the sidewalk into the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens during the memorial service in Des Moines for the 8 people murdered by a gunman in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People line the sidewalk into the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens during the memorial service in Des Moines for the 8 people murdered by a gunman in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: People line the sidewalk into the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens during the memorial service in Des Moines for the 8 people murdered by a gunman in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:      People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray in the main tent at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:     People pray in the main tent at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:     People pray in the main tent at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  Sister ANGIE BOWMAN greets people at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation, Thursday night. Bowman has been coordinating the camp meeting since its founding 23 years ago. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, prays with people during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:      People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  People pray during the alter call at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.    PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:     People pray in the main tent at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: Children place flowers on the altar memorializing the 8 people murdered in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A couple on the lawn behind the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens during the memorial service in Des Moines for the 8 people murdered by a gunman in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: The altar in the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines memorializing the 8 people murdered in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A Des Moines woman places incense on the altar memorializing the 8 people murdered in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A Des Moines woman places incense on the altar memorializing the 8 people murdered in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: The altar in the pagoda at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines memorializing the 8 people murdered in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 21 MARCH 2021 - DES MOINES, IOWA: A Des Moines man places a flower on the altar memorializing the 8 people murdered in Atlanta last week. Nearly 200 people attended a memorial service at the Robert D. Ray Asian Gardens in Des Moines Sunday for the victims of a gunman who murdered 8 people in Atlanta, GA, on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. The murder victims included six women of Asian descent and ignited awareness of anti-Asian racism across the US.       PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  A horsemanship clinic at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. In addition to preaching and prayer, there are classes on horsemanship at the camp meeting. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.   PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:      at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:  A Navajo veteran of the US Marine Corps salutes during the veterans' service at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: A Navajo boy talks to a horse wrangler during the horsemanship clinic  at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:   ANDREW MCCLELLAN, 10, sings a hymn during the "Singspiration" a gospel jam/prayer meeting at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:   ANDREW MCCLELLAN, 10, sings a hymn during the "Singspiration" a gospel jam/prayer meeting at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Navajo teenagers pray during the Friday night youth service at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:     JIMMY ETSITTY, a Navajo preacher, testifies about his rebirth in Christ in the chow hall at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Etsitty said he was raised to be a Navajo medicine man and that his family turned away from him when he became a Christian. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Navajo teenagers pray during the youth worship at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.      PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 12 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: A girl jumps rope in the children's play area at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.     PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 14 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ:   A woman raises her hand in praise during the "Singspiration" gospel jam at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches.  PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Pastor ROGER TSOSIE, from the Window Rock Methodist Church, preaches at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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  • 13 JULY 2012 - FT DEFIANCE, AZ: Members of the Navajo gospel group "Fruitland Trio" sing at the 23rd annual Navajo Nation Camp Meeting in Ft. Defiance, north of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo reservation. Preachers from across the Navajo Nation, and the western US, come to Navajo Nation Camp Meeting to preach an evangelical form of Christianity. Evangelical Christians make up a growing part of the reservation - there are now more than a hundred camp meetings and tent revivals on the reservation every year. The camp meeting in Ft. Defiance draws nearly 200 people each night of its six day run. Many of the attendees convert to evangelical Christianity from traditional Navajo beliefs, Catholicism or Mormonism. "Camp meetings" are a form of Protestant Christian religious services originating in Britain and once common in rural parts of the United States. People would travel a great distance to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. This suited the rural life, before cars and highways were common, because rural areas often lacked traditional churches. PHOTO BY JACK KURTZ
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