Dallas Cowboys rookie Shiyazh Pete earns standing ovation during preseason game

The Navajo Nation showed up for a Cowboys rookie in Arizona this weekend. Shiyazh Pete made history as the first Navajo man to sign with an NFL team.Shiyazh PeteWhen Pete took the field on Saturday in Arizona, members of the Navajo Nation erupted in cheers.Thousands of members of the Navajo Nation, including the president, made the short trip to Glendale to support Pete in his first NFL preseason appearance.He entered the game in the fourth quarter and played six snaps. He also helped to lead the Cowboys to a fourth quarter touchdown.When he returned to the bench after the play, he looked up to see a standing ovation.It was that moment, not the team’s 34-14 win, that had everyone talking, including Coach Brian Schottenheimer."I saw something that I’ve never seen before in 25 years in the NFL. An entire section cheering for one man," Schottenheimer said in the locker room.Pete said the standing ovation was surreal. He struggled to find the English word to describe it and instead used th