World Hoop Dance Championship brings dancers far and wide
This year a record number of hoop dancers competed in the 33rd World Championship Hoop Dance contest in Phoenix.
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Native Art Market provides cultural space for artists
The first Native-owned store in Old Town Scottsdale on Main Street is owned and operated by Navajo women from Cameron, Arizona. This store features over 300 artists and more than 28 Native American tribes, including the First Nations of Canada.
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9-year-old Little Miss Ch’ooshgai honing Diné-speaking skills
The Little Miss Ch’ooshgai Princess is setting her sights on learning Diné Bizaad.
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Imitating Atsá
They imitate the eagle––the birds. Roy Etcitty, who leads the Naat’aanii Nééz Singers of Shiprock, says “anyone” can mimic the birds, but they would have to practice.
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UW alumnus and Diné scientist co-finds Project Enable, a new Navajo-English dictionary for scientific terms
What are the words for bacteria and DNA in the Diné language?
They are ch’osh doo yit’íinii and iiná bitł’óól, respectively.
Project Enable, an online dictionary resource that launched in 2021, has done the work to provide not just one translation but 250 scientific terms and concepts from English into Navajo.
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