This film features Andrew Brady, an air force veteran, retired coal miner, and farmer from Shiprock, N. M.

Andrew Brady is a Navajo elder who lives and farms in Shiprock, New Mexico.

A veteran of the United States Air Force, Andy worked as a mining foreman for 30 years.

A devoted father and grandfather who is an inspiration to his family and others,

Andy has earned respect from community members for helping the Navajo people gain water rights to the San JuanRiver in New Mexico.

Project completed by:
Altyn Burnside – DC
Ben Chambers – WSU
Shaina Nez – DC

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 2009.

It contains stories Harry Walters of Cove, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about his life.

This documentary film is archived at the Navajo Nation Museum, Navajo Nation Library, Winona State University Library, and Diné College Library, and will be archived at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian.

The film is part of the Navajo Oral History project, a multi-year collaboration between the Winona State UniversityMass Communication Department and Diné College– The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation

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