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Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé. Asdzą́ą́ Nádleehé (Navajo pronunciation: [àstsɑ̃́ː nátˡèːhé]) (also spelled Ahsonnutli, Estsanatlehi, and Etsanatlehi in older sources), [1] meaning "the woman who changes", [2] is one of the creation spirits of the Navajo. According to the Navajos, she created the Navajo people by taking old skin from ...
Radmilla A. Cody (born 1975) is a Navajo model, singer, and anti- domestic violence activist who was the 46th Miss Navajo from 1997 to 1998. [3] She was the first biracial Miss Navajo and thus so far the only Miss Navajo partially of African-American heritage, her nomination sparked considerable debate over Navajo identity. [3] After her tenure, allegations of drug-trafficking and involvement ...
Miss Navajo Nation is a pageant that has been held annually on the Navajo Nation, United States, since 1952. The first Miss Navajo was Beulah Melvin Allen, in 1952. [ 1 ] She was crowned at the Navajo Nation Fair, the largest fair held on the Navajo Nation, which had been established three years earlier. Pageant contestants must be unmarried ...
Roberta Blackgoat was born on October 15, 1917, into the Navajo (or Diné) tribe and spent the length of her life in the area around Big Mountain, Arizona (near Thin Rock Mesa) on the Navajo Reservation . She attended a boarding school in Kings Canyon until ninth grade, when she began attending the Phoenix Indian School.
Annie Dodge Wauneka (née Dodge; April 11, 1910 – November 10, 1997) was an influential member of the Navajo Nation as member of the Navajo Nation Council. [1] As a member and three term head of the council's Health and Welfare Committee, she worked to improve the health and education of the Navajo. Wauneka is widely known for her countless ...
Barbara Teller Ornelas (born November 26, 1954) [2] is a Native American weaver and citizen of the Navajo Nation. [3] She also is an instructor and author about this art. She has served overseas as a cultural ambassador for the U.S. State Department. A fifth-generation Navajo weaver, she exhibits her fine art textiles and educates about Navajo culture at home and abroad.
Melanie A. Yazzie was born in 1966 [1] in Ganado, Arizona, United States. [2] She is Navajo of the Áshįįhí (Salt Water Clan), born for Tó Dichʼíinii (Bitter Water Clan). [3][4] She grew up on the Navajo Nation. [2] Yazzie first studied art at the Westtown School in Pennsylvania. [2] She earned a BA in studio art with a minor in Spanish ...
Daisy Taugelchee ( c. 1909 – September 8, 1990) was a Navajo weaver. The Denver Art Museum declared Taugelchee as "widely considered the most talented Navajo weaver and spinner who ever lived". [1] In 2004 one of her rugs was featured on a United States Postal Service stamp.