BY JONATHAN THOMPSON
In mid-October, the clouds over southeastern Utah loomed cobalt blue behind the glowing pinkish sandstone cliffs that overlook the San Juan River on the edge of the little hamlet of Bluff. It was only seven in the morning, but Mark Maryboy was already waiting for me when I arrived at the Twin Rocks cafe on the edge of town.
Maryboy — long a community organizer, activist and leader amongst the Utah Navajos here in San Juan County — is tall and lean with broad shoulders, a light handshake and dark, thick hair salted with white. He seemed to be in a mixed mood...