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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 ...
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 her body and using her ...
This is a List of Miss Navajo titleholders. The first Miss Navajo was in 1953. ... "Miss Navajo Council, Inc". History. Archived from the original on 2013-07-16
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]
Bowdash, Kootenai two-spirit warrior. Beth Brant (born 1941), Bay of Quinte Mohawk. Mary Brant, Mohawk leader. Mary Brave Bird (1953–2013), Brulé Lakota writer and activist [12] Bras Piqué, Natchez woman who tried to warn the French of her tribe's plans to attack them. Ignatia Broker (1919–1987), Ojibwa writer.
American. Known for. Textile weaving. Style. Two Grey Hills. 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.
Evelyne Bradley. Evelyne E. Bradley (March 1, 1925 – May 21, 2013) was an American Navajo judge. She served as a district judge for the Navajo Nation from 1984 until her retirement in 1995. [1] Bradley was one of the first women to become a judge within the Navajo Nation. [2]
Nikki Cooley grew up on the Navajo Nation reservation in Shonto, Arizona, a small community with just over 500 residents, [1] about two hours away from Flagstaff. The home she lived in with her grandparents did not have electricity, and the nearest source of drinking water was 15 mi (24 km) away. [2] This, as well as her time spent outside ...
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