{"id":1598,"date":"2013-02-20T13:23:31","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T18:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=1598"},"modified":"2013-02-28T15:26:28","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:26:28","slug":"beulah-allen-navajo-medical-doctor-first-miss-navajo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/beulah-allen-navajo-medical-doctor-first-miss-navajo\/","title":{"rendered":"Beulah Allen, Navajo Medical Doctor, First Miss Navajo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Navajo Oral History project –\u00a0Dr. Beulah Allen<\/span><\/h1>\n

Navajo Medical Doctor and the First Miss Navajo Nation<\/span><\/h2>\n

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\"Beulah<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n

Beulah Allen, one of the first Navajo medical doctors, and the person who helped create the Emergency Medical Service providing ambulance and quick response medical care across the Navajo Nation.<\/p>\n

She was the first Miss Navajo was Dr. Beulah Melvin Allen, in 1952. She was crowned at the Navajo Nation Fair, the largest fair held on the Navajo Nation, which had been established three years earlier.<\/p>\n

Hometown: Kinlichee, Arizona
\nEducation:
\nRehoboth High School, 1989
\nB.S. in Accounting\/Finance – University of Arizona<\/p>\n

Clans:
\nShe is Born to(Nishl\u00ed): Bitter Water People (T\u00f3d\u00edch’\u00edi’nii)
\nBorn for (B\u00e1sh\u00edshch\u00ed\u00edn): Red Running Into The Water People (T\u00e1chii’nii)
\nMaternal Grandparents are (Dashichei): Start Of The Red Streaked People (Deeshchii’nii)
\nPaternal Grandparents are (Dashin\u00e1l\u00ed): One-Walk-Around People (Hon\u00e1gh\u00e1ahnii)<\/p>\n

\"Miss<\/a><\/p>\n

Photo courtesy of Miss Navajo Council<\/em><\/p>\n

This film contains stories Beulah Allen of Wheatfields, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about her life.<\/p>\n