What a year!
Catholic sister’s brutal killing top story of 2009

Accused killer Reehahlio Carroll is seen in an interrogation room at the Navajo Police Department in Window Rock Nov. 5. The photo shows him in a rare vulnerable moment. “I think that, as journalists, it’s important for us to always see the human side of our subjects regardless of the situation,” photojournalist Cable Hoover said of the shot. — © 2010 Gallup Independent / Cable Hoover

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Gallup Independent
By Independent staff

This was a year of senseless brutality, history-making votes and final justice. The editors at the Gallup Independent spent days poring over news stories and photographs to compile this list of the top 20 news stories and top three photo images in Indian Country in 2009.

Here is a look back:

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