Remember Our Culture: Members of the traveling performing arts group Remember Our Culture perform a Samoan slap dance during last week's performance at El Morro Theater. The group, which consists of college students in the Provo, Utah area, made their way through Gallup on the way to Mexico City. [Photo by Brian Leddy/Independent]

'It's a Pirate's Life For Me': Gallup Catholic high school students Lindsay Tarro and Alex Guimaraes share the spotlight during one of the final scenes Wednesday in the dress rehearsal of "It's a Pirate's Life for Me" at El Morro Theater in downtown Gallup. The student cast will present the production at 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday at the theater. [Photo by Jeff Jones/Independent]

Emerson Willie hooks up his large water tank to his home water pump system on Wednesday evening at his home south of Boardman Dr. Willie is one of 16 families who live just outside of city limits and have not been able to get hooked up to the city's water system due to decades-old problems. The city has recently started to remedy the problem by installing new water pipes and water should be flowing to the residents within the next few months. [Photo by Matt Hinshaw/Independent] Full Story