‘Navajo Highways’ puppet show teaches culture and language [Video]

Castle Valley • “Navajo Highways,” a family-friendly puppet TV show that teaches Navajo language and culture, has wrapped up filming after recently securing a distributor.

“I’m stoked about it,” said Pete Sands, the show’s creator and director. “It’s something that I hoped for from the beginning – you create something, you hope it means something to people and makes an impact.”

The TV show originally started as a community theater puppet show performed in a handful of venues in different cities over the last several years, including Star Hall in Moab.

The plot of “Navajo Highways” unfolds as the main character, Sadie — a Navajo kid who has grown up in the city — decides to spend her summer on the Navajo reservation with her grandmother to immerse herself in Navajo culture and language. It takes place in the fictitious town of Mitten Creek, on the Utah portion of the Navajo Nation, around …