Kenji Kawano makes it safely
back to Navajoland from Japan
One day following the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, information on a Japanese newspaper from March, 12th lists 133 known dead, 530 missing and 722 injured cited from police figures. In the week following the disaster more than 7,300 people are now confirmed dead with nearly 11,000 missing. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

By Dalina Castellanos
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — It was supposed to be a quick trip back to his homeland. Instead, Code Talker photographer and Navajo Nation resident Kenji Kawano found himself nearly trapped in Tokyo on March 11, far from the place he now calls home, when a 9 magnitude earthquake hit the northern city of Sendai, Japan.

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