Archives for October 2013

Navajo Nation Atlas – Kèèdahwiit’íídi

October 30, 2013 by

This  Atlas is all in the Navajo Language

Navajo Nation Atlas - Kèèdahwiit'íídi

Created, Illustrated, & Designed by Sebastian Wittig

62 color pages

Explore Dineh Bikeyah through the pages of the Atlas

Learn Place Names in Navajo

English index

Price $25.00

Ordering Information

San Juan School District
Heritage Language Resource Center
28 West 200 North
Phone: 435-678-1230
FAX: 435-678-1283
Store Hours: 9:00 – 4:30
Monday through Thursday
Email: rstoneman@sjsd.org

Online order at this Website: media.sjsd.org

Click here for New Fall 2013  Catalog

We accept purchase orders, credit cards, and checks.
We bill only for items shipped and actual cost of shipping.
Personal orders ship after payment is received.
Please estimate 10% of purchase total for shipping cost.

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Nita Nez – Navajo Rug Weaver

October 30, 2013 by

Navajo Oral History Project – Nita Nez

Nita Nez Navajo Rugs

Photo courtesy of Tom Grier – Navajo Oral History Project.

This documentary film was researched, photographed, edited and produced by students of Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) and Diné College (Tsaile, Arizona, Navajo Nation) during summer 2013.

Nita Nez – Navajo Rug Weaver – Living History 14:50 min

It contains stories Nita Nez an Navajo Rug Weaver from Rock Point, Arizona, that told the students during several hours of interviews about her life

One team headed north to Rock Point, Arizona to meet with Nita Nez, a traditional Navajo rug weaver. There, they would interview Nita again, with the help of a translator, because Nita prefers to speak only in the Navajo language. They also got a demonstration of her creating another work of art at her loom.

Nita Nez - Navajo Rug Weaver - Living History

Skylar Ogren videotaping B-Roll footage of Nita setting up a loom.

Photo courtesy of Tom Grier – Navajo Oral History Project.

Fourteen students from the mass communication department collaborated with seven students from Diné College, the tribal college of the Navajo Nation, to conduct research, interview, photograph and video record Navajo elders over an 18-day period in May-June 2013.

These students, participating in the 2013 Navajo Oral History project, wrote, edited and produced documentary films that will be archived at the Navajo Nation Museum and Library, as well as at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.

The documentaries are part of a collaborative project that has been led by mass communication professor Tom Grier and graduate student Robbie Christiano of Winona State and professor Miranda Haskie of Diné College for the past five years.

This year’s films focus on Jake Livingston, a Navajo-Zuni Silversmith from Sanders, Ariz.; Peter McDonald, a Navajo Code Talker during World War II, from Tuba City, Ariz.; Nita Nez, a traditional Navajo rug weaver from Round Rock, Ariz.; Della Toadlena, a retired Diné College English professor from Chinle, Ariz.; and Baje Whitethorne Sr., a world-renowned artist from Flagstaff, Ariz.

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Winona State students involved in the 2013 Navajo Oral History Project are: Madison Duncan (Winona, Minn.); Shiloh Gulbranson (Lindstrom, Minn.); Brett Gustafson (Rochester, Minn.); Whitney Harlos (Rochester, Minn.); Tom Hays (Chaska, Minn.); Laura Humes (Mahtomedi, Minn.); Jolene Kuisle (Rochester, Minn.); Adam Maciejczak (Lake City, Minn.); Cara Mannino (Rochester, Minn.); Elise Nelson (Rushford, Minn.); Skylar Ogren (Winona, Minn.); Nik Strand (Blaine, Minn.); Darin Strohmenger (Cedarburg, Wis.); and Danielle Wieczorek (Andover, Minn.).

DVD copies of the student-produced films will be available for sale for $20 each with all proceeds going to a scholarship fund at Diné College

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Navajo Language Children’s Songbook

October 28, 2013 by

New children’s songbook, 30 pages with a CD.

Navajo Language Children’s Songbook

Sung by Cecelia Leeboy, former language teacher from San Juan Schools.

The front cover has the coyote with the little bird.

It is called, “Shil Hotaal,” which means, “ Sing with Us.”

Songs include children’s nursery rhymes, such as baa baa black sheep, Farmer in the Dell, etc. all in Navajo language.

Price $15.00 – book is 32 pages with both lyrics and music plus CD

To Purchase:
Heritage Language Resource Center
Navajo and Ute Language Resources
28 West 20 North
Blanding, Utah 8451
435 -678 -1230
Website: media.sjsd.org

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Nizhoni Fine Arts Competition Winners 2013

October 24, 2013 by

Arts Competition Winners at the  Navajo Nation Fair 2013

Best Of Show Raymond Chee Sr

Best Of Show Raymond Chee Sr

Official Winners List

 

CATERGORIES

AWARD

NAME

SPECIAL CATEGORIES

BEST OF SHOW

RAYMOND CHEE SR

PRESIDENT’S CHOICE AWARD

DUWAYNE CHEE SR

VICE-PRESIDENT’S CHOICE AWARD

MARGIE BEGAY

LEGENDARY AWARD

JAKE LIVINGSTON

HORIZON AWARD

DOUGLAS YAZZIE

PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS & GRAPHICS

1ST

SHELDON HARVEY

2ND

JAMES KING

HONORABLE MENTION

JOHNSON YAZZIE

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

IRVING BAHE

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DOUGLAS YAZZIE

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JAMES KING

PHOTOGRAPHY

1ST

JAYMES BEGAYE

2ND

CRYSTAL ASHIKE

HONORABLE MENTION

CHEE PAUL JR

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

–

JEWELRY

1ST

FRITZ J CASUSE

2ND

BRYON YELLOWHORSE

HONORABLE MENTION

LESTER JAMES

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

ERNEST BENALLY

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

LEANDER BEGAY

BASKETRY

1ST

LORRAINE BLACK

2ND

–

HONORABLE MENTION

–

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

–

POTTERY

1ST

NANCY ANN YAZZIE

2ND

IDA  SAHMIE

HONORABLE MENTION

CECELIA MEKELVEX

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

LORRAINE YAZZIE

FIBER ARTS

1ST

ETTA C PEACOCK

2ND

CHARLENE LAUGHING

AMY N BEGAY

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

ALICE THOMPSON

SCULPTURE

1ST

RAYMOND CHEE SR

2ND

SEAN BENALLY

HONORABLE MENTION

OLIN BEGAY

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

CECIL MILES

DIVERSE ARTS

1ST

SUSAN HUDSON

2ND

ATSATSA’ ANTONIO

HONORABLE MENTION

LEONARD GENE

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

WANESIA MISQUADACE

CUTURAL ARTS

1ST

JT WILLIE

2ND

PETERSON YAZZIE

HONORABLE MENTION

SHAWANA GOODLUCK

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JUDY BECENTI

YOUTH 2D

1ST

AARON YAZZIE JR

2ND

CRISTOFF KEYONNIE

3RD

MYRON DENETCLAW

1

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

KAITLYN HASKIE

2

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

OLATHE ANTONIO

3

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

OLATHE ANTONIO

4

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JONATHAN ARTHUR

5

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DAKOTA SKYE

6

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

AUSTIN ROANHORSE

7

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

LEMUEL BEGAY

8

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

CHANCE WILLIE

9

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

QUANAH JOHN

10

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

ASHER SLOAN

11

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

LIANA KIRK

YOUTH 3D

1ST

AMBER LAUGHING

2ND

JULES CLAW-BEAUVIAS

HONORABLE MENTION

TAMARA DICK

3RD

RAVEN YAZZIE ROY

1

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JACQUELINE YAZZIE

2

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JACQUELINE YAZZIE

3

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JACQUELINE YAZZIE

4

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

BEN HASKIE

5

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

CORI CHAVEZ

6

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

LEONARDO LAMARR

7

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JOHN SKYE

8

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

RICQUELLE THOMAS

9

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JEREMIAL ESQUIBEL

10

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SHAYNELLE JOHN

11

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

NAOMI SKYE

CHILDREN 2D

1ST

ALYSSIA BAHE

2ND

NEVEAH M PLATERIO

3RD

SHAUNDINA YAZIIE

HONORABLE MENTION

SABASTIAN JOE BROWN

1

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

VALERIANO BEGAY

2

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

MOSGAADACE CASUSE

3

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

CRYSTAL SKYE

4

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JACELYN DECHILLY

5

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

RORY LAMARR

6

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

RAYNE CLAW

7

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

RAYNE CLAW

8

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

AMEERA SLOAN

9

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

MIA A BACA

10

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

MYA R SLEUTH

11

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

MARY HELEN BROWN

CHILDREN 3D

1ST

ELLE CLAW

2ND

BRAYDEN YELLOWHORSE

HONORABLE MENTION

WAKIYA P. YAZZIE

3RD

TIANNA THOMAS

HONORABLE MENTION

CALEB C. YAZZIE

1

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

HUNTER HAWK ROY

2

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DAKOTA GRACE ROY

3

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPARROWHAWK JONES

4

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

MORAES YAZZIE

5

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SHANDIIN KRUGER

6

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JASMINE BECENTI

7

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

JASMINE BECENTI

8

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

TIANNA THOMAS

9

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

MOSGAADACE CASUSE

10

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

WAYDE JOHN

SENIOR 2D

IST

WALLACE BEN

2ND

MONA LAUGHING

1

HONORABLE MENTION

EDDIE TSOSIE

SENIOR 3D

IST PLACE

LEONARD HASKIE

2ND

EUGENE DAVID SR

1

HONORABLE MENTION

EUGENE CRAWFORD JR

2nd Place Painting by James King

 Painting by James King

More Photos Click Here

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Native Performances Western Navajo Nation Fair

October 16, 2013 by

Oct. 18th and Oct. 19th! 3 PM – 9 PM

Vending Area Tuba City Fairgrounds

Native Prepormances

Free with Entry to Fairgrounds

Jones Benally Family
Navajo/Diné traditional dance
Black Mesa, Arizona

Joe Tohonnie Jr. and The Apache Crown Dancers
Apache traditional dance
Whiteriver, Arizona

Havasupai Elders and Dancers
Havasupai traditional singing and dancing
Bottom of Grand Canyon, Arizona

Hualapai Singers and Dancers
Hualapai traditional singing and dancing

Hunter Redday
Traditional Native Flutist
Flagstaff, Arizona

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Western Navajo Nation Fair Parade

October 15, 2013 by

Western Navajo Parade Saturday, October 19th, 2013

Navajo Nation Band

Navajo Nation Band

The line-up will be at 4:00 am and the parade will begin at 9:00 am. The line-up will be at the Tuba City High School Parking Lot & Warrior Drive. (If you are requesting to be in the first thirty floats, please email the Parade Coordinator as soon as possible or you will be placed in the order floats arrive to the parade line-up. NO ACCEPTIONS!

Friday, October 18, 2013

3:00 PM Parade Orientation Check-In

3:30 PM Parade Orientation Begins

5:00 PM Dinner Served to Checked-In Attendees

Saturday, October 19th, 2013

4:00 AM Parade Line-Up Begins

9:00 AM Parade Begins

Tuba City, Arizona

If you are interested in applying for the 45th Western Navajo Nation Fair Parade, enclosed is an application that needs to be completely filled out with the correct information and return by the deadlines listed below.

Application deadlines are as follows: Deadline – Friday, October 4th, 2013 @ 5:00 PM

Deadline for Late Application – Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 @ 5:00 PM

**Late Fees of $25.00 Apply**

Parade Application Link

Upon receiving your application, it will be reviewed. You will be notified of your acceptance or non-acceptance after the review. You will not be guaranteed a spot in the parade until application and payment have been received.

 

Please feel free to contact me at (928) 640-6244 or email at aebenally@dinecollege.edu if you have any questions.

The Parade Committee looks forward to your returned application. Don’t forget to check out any of the other events the Fair Committee has set up for your enjoyment at the 45th Western Navajo Nation Fair.

Sincerely, Aaron Benally Aaron Benally

Parade Coordinator

 

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Navajo Nation Flood Relief Concert

October 5, 2013 by

Saturday October 5, 2003

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Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center
4 PM to 7 PM

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Filed Under: Navajo Events

Miss Northern Navajo Pageant 2013

October 4, 2013 by

Miss Northern Navajo 2013 Contestants

1-Miss Northern Navajo 2013 Contestants

Contestant #1 – Deyonna Gruber
Contestant #2 – Megan Badonie
Contestant #3 – Robyn Barber
Contestant #4 – Lindsay Benally

More Photos from the Pageant

Pageant Orientation
Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center
October 01, 2013
5:30 PM-7:30 PM

Traditional Frybread/Mutton/Teen Skill/Talent Competition
Shiprock Fair Office/Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center
October 02, 2013
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Royalty Day
October 02, 2013
5:00 PM-7:30 PM
Modern Skill/Talent Competition
Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center

Thursday October 03, 2013
Modern Competition
1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center

Friday October 04, 201
Traditional Competition
1:00 PM-5:00 PM

Miss Northern Navajo Coronation
5:30 PM
Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center

Contact Information
Victoria Yazzie
Pageant Coordinator
(928) 446-2530
mnnvictoriayazzie@gmail.com
Source: Victoria Yazzie Pageant Coordinator

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Miss Northern Navajo Teen Pageant 2013

October 2, 2013 by

Miss Northern Navajo Teen 2013 Contestants

1-Kahlaya McKinney, Vanessa Lister and Noellani Buck

Left to right – Kahlaya McKinney, Vanessa Lister and Noellani Buck,

Orientation
Wednesday October 01, 2013
5:30 PM-7:30 PM

Traditional Frybread/Teen Skill/Talent Competition
Wednesday October 02, 2013
7:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Shiprock Fair Office/Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center

Thursday October 03, 2013
Modern Competition
8:00 AM-12:00 PM
Phil Thomas Performing Arts Center

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