'Revolting': Outrage as church play shows Navajo medicine man in hell

When Louvannina Tsosie walked into The Door Christian Fellowship Church in Gallup, N.M., she expected the kind of church service she had growing up: worship, music, a sermon, prayer and some scripture reading.

What she didn’t expect was a stage performance aimed at Native people that included a condemnation of traditional Navajo beliefs — and those who embrace them.

“Unfortunately, it turned out to be a really disrespectful kind of play,” she said.

Among other scenes that trafficked in harmful stereotypes of Indigenous people...