June 18, 2020
Higley High boosters mobilize to help stricken tribes
Author: Cecilia Chan
Higley High School’s booster clubs are poised to help with a donation drive benefiting the Navajo Nation, Hualapai Tribe and Hopi Tribe in northern Arizona.
“My son said, ‘mom, people are dying, we have to do something,’” said Charlene Jackson-Etnire, who spearheaded the drive. “It’s something that impacts us, it involves our people.”
Jackson-Etnire and her son Stephen Louis are members of the Navajo Nation while her husband is a member of the Hopi Tribe. She also is an attorney for the Hualapai