The University of Arizona Press
When: Thursday, July 20, 2023, 5:00 p.m.
Where: Navajo Nation Library, Highway 264 & Postal Loop Road, Window Rock, Arizona
Wendy Greyeyes will discuss her book A History of Navajo Nation Education: Disentangling Our Sovereign Body at the Navajo Nation Library. Greyeyes is a Diné author and assistant professor at the University of New Mexico. Books will be available for purchase and refreshments will be served.
About the book:
On the heels of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Department of Diné Education, this important education history explains how the current Navajo educational system is a complex terrain of power relationships, competing agendas, and jurisdictional battles influenced by colonial pressures and tribal resistance. An iron grip of colonial domination over Navajo education remains, thus inhibiting a unified path toward educational sovereignty. In providing the historical roots to today’s challenges, Wendy Greyeyes clears the path and provides a go-to reference to move discussions forward.
