Social worker and political newcomer Sierra Yazzie Asamoa-Tutu will take office in January 2026 as Gallup, New Mexico’s first Diné city council member. Notably a city along Route 66 and on the edge of the Navajo Nation, Gallup’s population is more than half Native American. Yazzie Asamoa-Tutu is one of a number of Native candidates filling local elected seats since the mid-term elections. We’ll talk with some of them about what their hopes are for their coming term of elected public service.
The recent election gives Gallup, N. Mex. it’s first Diné city councilmember: Sierra Yazzie Asamoa-Tutu (photo: courtesy Sierra Yazzie Asamoa-Tutu for City Council).
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