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Leaving his own mark: Notah Begay III honored for Native youth work

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He’d rub a small strip of chiih across his cheek — just a little below each eye — before every match. It was part of the routine for Notah Begay III. The red clay (chiih in Diné bizaad) he donned in his youth was a symbol — an homage to a people he never asked to represent, and yet never shied away from when he was thrust into a position to do so. So, when the narrative of that young golfing ...

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