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Friends and family of Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson, are building a kiva in her memory near the Lions Den. Mallin-Jameson grew up in Durango and graduated from Fort Lewis College before she died of a rare form of cancer on Feb. 14, 2014. She was 27.
David Mallin holds a pendant of his daughter, Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson, as he stands in a kiva being built just north of the Lions Den near the Fort Lewis College campus in honor of his daughter, who died of a rare form of cancer. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A heart-shaped stone is set in the center of the floor of a kiva being built just north of the Lions Den near the Fort Lewis College campus by friends and family of Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson, who died from a rare form of cancer. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
A heart-shaped stone with a symbol is placed in the wall of a kiva being built near Fort Lewis College by friends and family of Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson, who died at age 27 from a rare form of cancer. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
David Mallin touches a heart-shaped stone that will lay in the center of the floor of a kiva being built near Fort Lewis College in honor of his daughter, Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
David Mallin waters down the walls of a kiva being built in honor of his daughter, Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson, who died from a rare form of cancer. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
David Mallin, right, and Matt Norton of Durango Dry Stone LLC, gaze at a heart-shaped stone that will lay in the center of the floor of a kiva being built in honor of Mallin’s daughter, Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson, who died at age 27 from a rare form of cancer. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
David Mallin, right, during the construction of a kiva being built in honor of his daughter, Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson. The kiva is intended to be a place for people to gather. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
David Mallin pauses inside a kiva being built in honor of his daughter, Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson, who died at age 27. She was a Fort Lewis College alumna, and the kiva is perched on the rim near the campus, overlooking Durango. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
David Mallin waters down the walls of a kiva being built in honor of his daughter, Natanya Joy Mallin-Jameson, who died from a rare form of cancer. Photo by Shaun Stanley/Durango Herald
