A Wonderful People
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f you have been keeping up with Holbrook Indian School (HIS), then you know a good bit about the culture at this unique Adventist school. To go a little deeper into learning about the background of the Native students that are served, specifically those of the Navajo Nation, we would like to introduce you to one of the teachers who is Navajo. To understand a little more of the Navajo culture, we present to you Navajo language and Navajo The "Original Red Tape" is said to government teacher Sam Hubbard. be the origin of the phrase "cutting Mr. Hubbard was first introduced to HIS in the same way many through the red tape." From the Navajos are introduced to the school—through word of mouth on Navajo Museum. the reservation. Back in the 1970s, Mr. Hubbard and his family were exposed to HIS through a former Navajo Code Talker with the U.S. military. “Teddy Draper had told my mom there was a school in Holbrook,” Mr. Hubbard recalled. “‘You should take your kids there.’ That was the first time my mom heard about the school. So my mom sent my oldest brother, Walter, and our four sisters to Holbrook.” Although he never attended the school, Mr. Hubbard would come to know the little school in the desert for himself later as a Bible worker. It was several decades later, after becoming an Adventist, when he felt Sam inspired to become a full-time missionary in 2001. Hubbard Fast forward 21 years. He is now working at HIS in multiple roles. “When I first came, I was the boys' dean,” Mr. Hubbard said. “At the same time, I was a Bible teacher for ninth grade.” Then, after the math teacher moved on to another job, Mr. Hubbard moved into that position, at which time
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Holbrook Indian School
