{"id":1914,"date":"2013-05-22T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=1914"},"modified":"2013-05-22T14:52:22","modified_gmt":"2013-05-22T19:52:22","slug":"agatha-spencer-dine-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/agatha-spencer-dine-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Agatha Spencer &#8211; Din\u00e9 College"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Agatha Spencer &#8211; Din\u00e9 College &#8211; Living History<\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Navajo Oral History Project<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">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 2012.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/agatha-spencer-dine-college\/bolte_agathalaura_class-president-poster\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1915\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1915\" alt=\"Navajo Oral History: Agatha Spencer\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bolte_AgathaLaura_class-president-poster-720x514.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bolte_AgathaLaura_class-president-poster-720x514.jpg 720w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bolte_AgathaLaura_class-president-poster-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bolte_AgathaLaura_class-president-poster.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It contains stories Agatha Spencer of Chinle, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about her life.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bHR0kzRtZUw\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">From a young age, Agatha Spencer had a passion for helping the youth of the Navajo Nation. When she was 23 years old, Agatha began her career with the brand new Navajo Community College which later became Dine College, the first tribal college in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/agatha-spencer-dine-college\/christiano_spencer_navajotacos\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1916\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1916\" alt=\"Agatha Spencer of Chinle, Arizona\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Christiano_SPencer_NavajoTacos-720x477.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Christiano_SPencer_NavajoTacos-720x477.jpg 720w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Christiano_SPencer_NavajoTacos-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Christiano_SPencer_NavajoTacos.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Agatha shares her stories about being an academic advisor at the college and the importance of keeping Navajo culture alive in today\u2019s Western society.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/agatha-spencer-dine-college\/bolte_agatha_full-group\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1917\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1917\" alt=\"Agatha Spencer of Chinle, Arizona\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bolte_Agatha_Full-group-720x514.jpg\" width=\"720\" height=\"514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bolte_Agatha_Full-group-720x514.jpg 720w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bolte_Agatha_Full-group-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Bolte_Agatha_Full-group.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Project completed by:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lionel Harvey &#8211; DC<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ashleigh Clyde &#8211; DC<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Elisenda Xifra Reverter &#8211; WSU<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Laura McCormick- WSU<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">This documentary film is archived at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.navajonationmuseum.org\/\">Navajo Nation Museum<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nnlib.org\/\">Navajo Nation Library<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.winona.edu\/library\/\">Winona State University Library<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/library.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College Library<\/a>, and will be archived at the <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 <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> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College<\/a>\u2013 The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agatha Spencer &#8211; Din\u00e9 College &#8211; Living History Navajo Oral History Project &nbsp; 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 2012. 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