Granddaughter continues longtime lawmaker´s legacy
(WorldNews Mexico)

SANTA FE - On the opening day of this year’s 30-day legislative session, Shannon Pinto sat in the familiar chair on the Senate floor and let the feelings wash over her. Pinto is the granddaughter of Sen. John Pinto, a trained Navajo Code Talker and one of the longest-serving Native American legislators in U.S. history, and was appointed to fill the vacancy in the Senate caused by his death last year at age 94. ADVERTISEMENTSkip ................................................................ But until last week, she’d purposefully avoided sitting in his chair on the Senate floor, even when she helped him navigate some of his final sessions as a legislator. “At the beginning...