To'Hajiilee is just one of about 80 schools funded by the federal Bureau of Indian Education that desperately need repair or replacement. The agency's priorities stretch across the country, with a price tag that tops $6.2 billion.
Navajo students at a government school in New Mexico have been charged with dreaming big now that Congress has approved more than $90 million to replace the crumbling campus.
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A school tucked into the sandstone cliffs and juniper-dotted mesas of central New Mexico is fortified on one side by a wall of sandbags and an earthen berm. On the other side, melting snow puddles along the edges of classrooms.
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