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Avery Denny: Origins of Navajo Leadership

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Avery Denny is a member of Diné Medicine Man’s Association and is faculty at the Center for Diné Studies at Diné college Diné hatáli. As an instrcutor for over 29 years he has taught courses on herbology, holistic healing, and Diné culture, oral history and philosophy.  Avery is a Diné hatáli, singer of the blessing way, beauty way, night way and enemy way, and has dedicated his life to retaining and teaching Diné Bizaad.  He offers stories about the origins of leadership for Diné and the power of learning language.

Navajo
language
cultural identity
sovereignty
Native Nations
Navajo Nation
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Interviews
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Leadership
Cultural Affairs
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Disasters signal imbalance in the natural world
Traditional Navajo game teaches lessons
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Native Nations Institute. "Avery Denny: Origins of Navajo Leadership."  Leading Native Nations, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, September 15, 2015

For a complete transcript, please email us: nni@email.arizona.edu

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