A dancer with the Hopi dance group from Second Mesa, Ariz. performs the Magic Buffalo Dance during the first performance of the 86th Annual Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Dances on Thursday afternoon at Red Rock Park. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Dinetah Navajo Dancers from Albuquerque perform the Corn Grinding Act during the first performance of the 86th Annual Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Dances on Thursday afternoon at Red Rock Park. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent]

Hono Rato holds his daughter Jennifer Rato close while waiting to participate in the night parade of the 86th Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial in downtown Gallup. Rato is an Aztec dancer from Veracruz, Mexico and imagines his daughter, one day carrying on the dancing tradition. His wife, Liset Carrillo is also a dancer. [Photo by Daniel Zollinger/Independent]

Water world: ABOVE; A truck passes through shallower portions of floodwater on Maloney Ave. Monday evening in Gallup. Police had to temporirly block the street as flood water rose, making it dangerous for drivers. [Photo by Daniel Zolliner/Independent] BELOW: Thomas Piano, owner of the New Mexico Pottery Company on the corner of Historic Route 66 and Woodrow Drive, avoids a small waterfall after scooping debris from the gutter near his business. After a flood five years ago that left his building with six inches of water, Piano says he now makes sure to clean the drain during heavy rains to avoid problems. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Indepenent]