Friends and neighbors

A group of students from Gorno-Altaisk State University in south-central Russia visit the Navajo Nation in Arizona as part of ongoing student and faculty exchanges among Gorno-Altaisk, Kansas State University, Haskell Indian Nations University and Kansas University. The group traveled with Ray Pierotti of KU during spring 2003 and toured Canyon de Chelly with a native resident whose family descended from the original Anasazi inhabitants. From left are Bennie LeBeau and Allen Long, both with Northern Arizona University; Dan Wildcat, Haskell; David Khaydarov, Julia Mekechinova, Viktor Lukyanenko, all of Gorno-Altaisk; Austin Cuenca, Lawrence; and Yuri Tabakaev and Nicolai Malkov, both of Gorno-Altaisk. Mike Cuenca submitted the picture.