{"id":2397,"date":"2014-02-11T13:43:34","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T18:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2014-02-11T13:43:34","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T18:43:34","slug":"peter-macdonald-tribal-chairman-code-talker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/peter-macdonald-tribal-chairman-code-talker\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter MacDonald Tribal Chairman &#038; Code Talker"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Peter MacDonald \u00a0&#8211; Living History<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yv0_FZHkKBg\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThis 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 2013. It contains stories Peter MacDonald, of Tuba City, Arizona, told the students during several hours of interviews about his life.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">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 dir=\"ltr\">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\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/masscommunimania.blogspot.com\/\">Mass Communication Department<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dinecollege.edu\/\">Din\u00e9 College<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 The official Tribal College of the Navajo Nation<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/peter-macdonald-tribal-chairman-code-talker\/peter-macdonald-portrait-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2399\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2399\" alt=\"Peter MacDonald Portrait\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Peter-MacDonald-Portrait-2-720x706.jpg\" width=\"610\" height=\"598\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Peter-MacDonald-Portrait-2-720x706.jpg 720w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Peter-MacDonald-Portrait-2-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Peter-MacDonald-Portrait-2.jpg 1142w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><em>Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Peter MacDonald was born in Arizona, U.S.A in may of 1928.<br \/>\nHis clan is Hashk\u2019aa ( Yucca Fruit) born to Bitahn\u00ed\u00ed (They are within themselves).<\/p>\n<p>He grew up in the Teec Nos Pos, Four corners area. He went to boarding school in Shiprock,NM and dropped out in the 6th grade because all the teachers were mean to the Navajos.<br \/>\nRaised among traditional sheepherders and trained as a medicine man for 1 year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/peter-macdonald-tribal-chairman-code-talker\/strohmenger18\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2400\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2400\" alt=\"Peter MacDonald Code Talker\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Strohmenger18-480x720.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Strohmenger18-480x720.jpg 480w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Strohmenger18-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Strohmenger18.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MacDonald entered the Marine Corps as a Navajo language code talker during World War II.<br \/>\nAfter the war, MacDonald earned an electrical engineering degree at the University of Oklahoma. Upon graduation, his acumen secured a job with Howard Huges at the Hughes Aircraft Company,<\/p>\n<p>He was first elected Navajo Tribal Chairman in 1970. MacDonald served as Navajo Nation Tribal Chairman for four terms between the years 1970 to 1986.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/peter-macdonald-tribal-chairman-code-talker\/nelson-mcdonald4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2401\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2401\" alt=\"Peter MacDonald Tribal Chairman\" src=\"http:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nelson-McDonald4-537x720.jpg\" width=\"537\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nelson-McDonald4-537x720.jpg 537w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nelson-McDonald4-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/navajopeople.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Nelson-McDonald4.jpg 1046w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Photo by Tom Grier\/Navajo Oral History Project.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>MacDonald is credited with starting the Navajo Nation Shopping Centers Enterprise, Navajo Engineering and Construction Authority, and many other Navajo-owned enterprises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter MacDonald \u00a0&#8211; Living History 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 2013. 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