Amy Denet Deal didn’t expect to take up skateboarding at age 60, but she says that’s just one of many positive outcomes of the Diné Skate Garden Project, the nonprofit she founded in 2022 to give Navajo youth the boards, ramps, rails and knowhow to learn to skate — all without needing to leave tribal land.

The organization recently received a $500,000 Trails+ Grant from the New Mexico Outdoor Recreation Division to improve Two Grey Hills Skatepark, which the nonprofit built three years ago on Navajo Nation at the base of the Chuska Mountains. The funding will add a slew of new upgrades, including solar-powered lighting, drinking water access, shade structures, bathrooms, benches and trash cans.

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