Native History and Culture

Notah Begay III

Notah Begay III

Notah Ryan Begay III(September 14, 1972 - Present)-Native American professional golfer.-1/2 Navajo, 1/4 San Felipe, & 1/4 Isleta.-The only full...

Fred Begay

Fred Begay (July 2, 1932 - April 30, 2013)-Also known as Fred Young or Clever Fox.-Native American nuclear physicist.-3/4 Navajo & 1/4 Ute.-Fir...

Nesjaja Hatali

Nesjaja Hatali was a Navajo leader.Hatali was a medicine man in the Navajo tribe, but soon resisted US expansion into the southwest, alongside Manu...

Hastii K'aayélii

Hastii K'aayélii (One With Quiver; c. 1801–1894) was a Diné leader.K'aayélii was born around 1801 in Elk Ridge, north of Bears Ears. His birthplace...

PETERSON ZAH

1937- PresentBorn in 1937 in the disputed Navajo-Hopi joint-use area in Low Mountain, AZ, Peterson Zah has devoted his life to the service of the N...

ANNA DODGE WAUNEKA

1910-1997The daughter of Henry Chee Dodge, Anna Dodge Wauneka was born in 1910 in a Navajo hogan near the town of Sawmill, Arizona. Her mother, K'e...

CHIEF MANUELITO

1818-1894One of the great war leaders of the Navajo, Manuelito had a long history of fighting his people's enemies prior to becoming a principal op...

CHIEF BARBONCITO

1820-1871Born in the Canyon de Chelly on the present-day Navajo Reservation in Arizona Barboncito was a Ceremonial Singer, Navajo War Chief from 18...

CHIEF NARBONA

Narbona (1766 – August 30, 1849) was a Navajo chief who participated in the Navajo Wars. He was killed in a confrontation with U.S. soldiers on Aug...

HENRY CHEE DODGE

1857-1947Henry Chee Dodge was born in Ft. Defiance, Arizona, the son of a Navajo-Jemez mother and a Mexican silversmith father. When Henry was very...

CHIEF GANADO MUCHO

1809-1893The son of a Navajo mother and a Hopi father, Ganado Mucho was a successful rancher, tribal headman and peacemaker in the 19th century Sou...