EPISODE #22: Supporting The Navajo (Diné) Nation Through The Pandemic

In this episode, Trish Hatch interviews three school counselors working on the Navajo Nation who are alumni of San Diego State. Listen as Shawn Deschenie, Dewey Manus and Darrick Franklin share their insights and experiences with COVID-19. Additionally, Carol Robinson-Zanartu discusses her work supporting Indigenous graduate students.

Donate:

• Navajo Hopi Solidarity COVID-19 Relief

• COVID-19 Navajo and Hopi Elder Support Project

More Information:

• Map of the Navajo Nation

• Learn more about Colonization & Native voices:

  • The Seventh Generation by Bergstrom, Miller and Peacock

  • Indigenous Communities: Rekindling the Teaching of the Seventh Fire

• Native American Scholars and Collaborators Project

• Terminology:

  • BIE (Bureau of Indian Education)

  • BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs)

  • DODE (Department of Diné Education)

  • Diné: “Navajo” in their native language

  • Hogan: A culturally traditional structure for Living, Ceremony and Rituals

  • Colonization: A forced cultural, economic, political, physical and psychological change that was and is still inflicted on many indigenous communities.

  • Sovereignty: The principal that Native American tribes have the right to self-govern.

  • Language and Culture Revitalization: A movement by seven generations of indigenous people to reclaim, learn, teach and celebrate their culture and language some of which is lost or nearly extinct.