{"id":1811,"date":"2013-04-10T17:38:54","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T22:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=1811"},"modified":"2013-04-10T17:42:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-10T22:42:19","slug":"jack-jackson-navajo-oral-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/jack-jackson-navajo-oral-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Jackson &#8211; Navajo Oral History"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Jack Jackson &#8211; Navajo-Retired State Legislator<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/jack-jackson-navajo-oral-history\/jack-jackson-7848\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1812\" alt=\"Jack Jackson - Navajo-Retired State Legislator\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jack-Jackson-7848-720x576.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jack-Jackson-7848-720x576.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jack-Jackson-7848-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jack-Jackson-7848.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/p>\n<p>Jack Jackson Sr. lives in Navajo, New Mexico. After several years as an educator, Jack served nearly two decades in the Arizona State Legislature as a representative and senator.<\/p>\n<p>Jack and his twin brother organized the All Indian Rodeo Cowboys Association. In recent years, Jack has served as a leader in the Cultural Affairs department at Din\u00e9 College, and on the Board of Directors of the Din\u00e9 Development Corporation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/jack-jackson-navajo-oral-history\/jack-jackson-interview-7864\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1813\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1813\" alt=\"Jack Jackson Interview\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jack-Jackson-Interview-7864-720x480.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jack-Jackson-Interview-7864-720x480.jpg 720w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jack-Jackson-Interview-7864-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Jack-Jackson-Interview-7864.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jack Jackson, Sr., is of the Kinyaa\u2019\u00e1anii (Towering House) clan.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Jack explained some details about the Navajo creation story and the importance of the cornstalk in Navajo culture. He shared a wealth of knowledge about the founding of Din\u00e9 College and the vision for the institution as a way to serve the Navajo people, while helping maintain traditional Navajo ways.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/va1_Lix0SvE\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Project completed by:<br \/>\nJosh Averbeck &#8211; WSU<br \/>\nAlexandria Fisher &#8211; WSU<br \/>\nTrevor Foster &#8211; DC<\/p>\n<p>This documentary film was researched, photographed, edited and produced by students of Winona State University (Winona, Minnesota) and Din\u00e9 College (Tsaile, Arizona, Navajo Nation) during summer 2011.<\/p>\n<p>It contains stories Jack Jackson Sr. of Navajo, New Mexico, told the students during several hours of interviews about his life<\/p>\n<p>This documentary film is archived at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.navajonationmuseum.org\/\">Navajo Nation Museum<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nnlib.org\/\">Navajo Nation Library<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.winona.edu\/library\/\">Winona State University Library<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/library.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College Library<\/a>, and will be archived at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nmai.si.edu\/home\/\">Smithsonian Institution\u2019s National Museum of the American Indian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The film is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Navajo%20Oral%20History\">Navajo Oral History project<\/a>, a multi-year collaboration between the Winona State University<a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/\">Mass Communication Department<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College<\/a>\u2013 The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Jackson &#8211; Navajo-Retired State Legislator &nbsp; Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project. Jack Jackson Sr. lives in Navajo, New Mexico. After several years as an educator, Jack served nearly two decades in the Arizona State Legislature as a representative and senator. Jack and his twin brother organized the All Indian Rodeo Cowboys Association. 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