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The Navajo[a] are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,495 enrolled tribal members as of 2021, [1][4] the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United States; additionally, the Navajo Nation has the largest reservation in the country. The reservation straddles the Four Corners ...
Dark Winds. Dark Winds is an American psychological thriller television series created by Graham Roland based on the Leaphorn & Chee novel series by Tony Hillerman. [1] It premiered on AMC and AMC+ on June 12, 2022, with the first season consisting of six episodes. [2]
Diné Bahaneʼ. Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo pronunciation: [tɪ̀né pɑ̀xɑ̀nèʔ], Navajo: "Story of the People"), is a Navajo creation story that describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs. It centers on the area known as the Dinétah, the traditional homeland of the Navajo, and forms the basis ...
Iva Honyestewa, Hopi (born 1964) Terrol Dew Johnson, Tohono O'odham. Yvonne Walker Keshick, Little Traverse Odawa (born 1946) Louisa Keyser (Dat So La Lee), Washoe (c. 1829/1850–1925) Mary Leaf, Mohawk (1925–2004) Julia Marden, Aquinnah Wampanoag. Sarah Jim Mayo (1858–1918), Washoe.
Manuelito was born into the Bit'ahnii Clan (within his cover clan) near Bears Ears, Utah where he was born and raised. He married Juanita a daughter of Narbona (1766–1849) after joining Narbona's Band, and went to live at their camp near the Chuska Mountains. Narbona's reputation as a wealthy and powerful headman impressed Manuelito.
Peter MacDonald (Navajo leader) Peter MacDonald (born December 16, 1928) is a Native American politician and the only four term Chairman of the Navajo Nation. MacDonald was born in Arizona, U.S. and served the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II as a Navajo Code Talker. He was first elected Navajo Tribal Chairman in 1970.
Little is known of Atsidi Sani. However, it is known that he was born near Wheatfields, Arizona, c. 1830 as part of the Dibelizhini (Black Sheep) clan. [1] [2] He was known by many names, but to his people, he was known as Atsidi Sani, which translates to "Old Smith," and to the Mexicans he was known as Herrero, which means "Iron Worker."
Nakai was born in South Africa. [1] Her father is South African and her mother is Zimbabwean. [7] When she was 16 years old, her surname was changed from her father's to her mother's. [3][8] Nakai attended Fourways High School in Johannesburg for a year then finished her schooling in Kenya. [8]