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Kaibito – from the Navajo phrase k'ai'bii'tó, whose English translation is unclear. Kinlichee – from the Navajo phrase kin dah lichi'i, meaning "red house up at an elevation". [5] Lake Havasu City; Lake Montezuma; Mesquite Creek; Nazlini – from the Navajo phrase nazlini, meaning "flowing in a crescent shape". [6] Peoria; Sahuarita
Beatien Yazz (May 29, 1929 – June 20, 2021), also called Jimmy Toddy, was a Navajo American painter and teacher born near Wide Ruins, Arizona. [2] He exhibited his work around the world [2] and is known for his paintings of animals and people and for his children's book illustrations.
The Navajo [a] or Diné are an Indigenous people of the Southwestern United States.Their traditional language is Diné bizaad, a Southern Athabascan language.. The states with the largest Diné populations are Arizona (140,263) and New Mexico (108,305).
[5] As the effects of the federal government's Indian termination policy reached the Navajo Nation in the 1950s, [8] the paper's funding was withdrawn by the BIA. Ádahooníłígíí ceased publication in 1957. Shortly thereafter, the Navajo Times – written in English – began publication. It continues as the Navajo Nation's main print ...
Little is known of Atsidi Sani. However, it is known that he was born near Wheatfields, Arizona, c. 1830 as part of the Dibelizhini (Black Sheep) clan. [1] [2] He was known by many names, but to his people, he was known as Atsidi Sani, which translates to "Old Smith," and to the Mexicans he was known as Herrero, which means "Iron Worker."
Alice Williams Cling (Navajo, born March 21, 1946) [1] is a Native American ceramist and potter known for creating beautiful and innovative pottery that has a distinctive rich reds, purples, browns and blacks that have a polished and shiny exteriors, revolutionizing the functional to works of art.
Navajo cultural advisor George R. Joe explains the painful history, and present-day controversies, that shaped his work on AMC crime drama 'Dark Winds.' Stereotypes. Taboos.
TahNibaa Naataanii (born May 5, 1967) is a Native American traditional artist and a member of the Navajo Tribe. She has espoused a belief that creativity should be allowed to be the source of art and that artists should not have to confine themselves to a particular style.