Tony Hillerman

Tony Hillerman

male, 84 years old (Stillwater, United States)
American military personnel of World War II, From New Mexico, American Southwest, Four Corners, Southwestern United States, 103rd Infantry Division…navajonation, navajo
Tony Hillerman (born May 27 1925) is an award-winning American author of detective novels and non-fiction works. His mystery novels are set in the...

Taylor McKenzie

male, deceased (2007)
Native American, navajonation, Chief Medical Officer, Kelsey Begaye
Taylor McKenzie (1931 - April 13, 2007) was the first Navajo medical doctor (since 1958), the Vice President of the Navajo Nation (1999 - 2003,...
Annie Dodge Wauneka

Annie Dodge Wauneka

female, deceased (1997)
Native American, activist, presidential medal of freedom, navajo, navajonation, Navajo tribe
Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910 - 1997) was an influential member of the Navajo Tribe of Native Americans. She worked to improve the heath and education...
Philip Johnston

Philip Johnston

male, deceased (1978)
United States Army officer, World War II, united states marine corps, Washington D.C., executive order, navajonation…Navajo Reservation, Navajo code
Philip Johnston was the man who proposed to the United States Marine Corps (USMC) the idea of using the Navajo language as a Navajo code to be used...
Manuelito

Manuelito

male, deceased (1893)
Native American, navajo, leader, navajonation, Navajo tribe, Long Walk of the Navajo
Manuelito was one of the principle war chiefs of the Navajo people before, during and after the Long Walk Period. Born to Bit'ahni Clan, near the...
Jane Dee Hull

Jane Dee Hull

female, 74 years old
woman to serve, University of Kansas alumni, Jane Dee Bowersock, Germany v. United States of America, Arizona House of Representatives, From Kansas City…navajonation
Jane Dee Hull (born August 8, 1935) was the second woman to serve as governor of Arizona, and the first woman to be elected to the position. Born...

Fred Begay

male, 77 years old
korean war, American, University of New Mexico, Ute tribe, ute, Bureau of Indian Affairs…Navajo tribe, navajonation, navajo
Promotional photo of Dr. Fred Begay distributed as part of a 2004 press release on the occasion of his election to the New York Academy of...

John Adair

male, deceased (1997)
Cornell University, University of New Mexico, San Francisco State University, World War II, Cornell University faculty, Anthropologist…navajonation, Navajo Reservation
John Adair, born in Memphis, Tennessee. He is best known for work in visual anthropology, but he was also very much involved, and interested in the...

Irvin Morris

male
Cornell University, Cornell University alumni, writer, Native American, navajonation, SUNY-Buffalo…Navajo Community College, From the Glittering World A Navajo Story, Navajo mythology
Irvin Morris (1958-) is a Navajo Nation Tobaahi clan author and lecturer at SUNY-Buffalo. He was inspired largely by Anna Lee Walters at the Navajo...
Joe Kieyoomia

Joe Kieyoomia

male, deceased (1997)
Native American military personnel, American military personnel of World War II, World War II prisoner of war, code talker, United States Army soldier, world war ii veteran…navajo, navajonation, Navajo tribe
Joe Kieyoomia (1925 - 1997) was a Navajo soldier in New Mexico's 200th Coast Artillery unit and was captured by the Imperial Japanese Army after...