Dine' Cartoonist Jack Ahasteen expected the Navajo Times to protect his intellectual copyrights, and after a lifetime of hard work, he expected fair pay. He got neither, and was booted out the door at Navajo Times.
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, June 16, 2026
Updated June 22, 2026
Dine' cartoonist Jack Ahasteen spent his life telling the truth. When he went to the Navajo Times to renegotiate his pay, he was booted out the door. Now Navajo Times, instead of honoring him, has posted this on the Navajo Times website, in the most recent case of the death of journalism.




