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Show THE NAVAJOS W E S H A L L R E M A I N : U TA H I N D I A N C U R R I C U L U M G U I D E 110 asesment/products Discussion contributions Writing assignments variations /extensions If possible, obtain a copy of the PBS Independent Lens Documentary Miss Navajo, and have the class view it. Have students research one of the traditional skills tested in the Miss Navajo competition. Have them write a report about why that skill is important to the history, culture, and heritage of the Navajo people. Have the students draw, and/or describe, a pageant crown that reflects their own, or Utah's, culture and heritage the way the Miss Navajo crown reflects the Navajo culture, including appropriate historical and cultural symbolism. additional references Benally, Clyde, with Andrew O. Wiget, John R. Alley, and Garry Blake. Dinejí Nákéé' Nááhane': A Utah Navajo History. Monticello, Utah: San Juan School District, 1982. Iverson, Peter. Diné: A History of the Navajo. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2002. Jones, Lisa. "Crowning Miss Navajo." New York Times Magazine. October 8, 2000, http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001008mag-phenomenon.html. Maryboy, Nancy, and David Begay. "The Navajos of Utah." A History of Utah's American Indians. Ed. Forrest S. Cuch, Salt Lake City: Utah Division of Indian Affairs and the Utah Division of State History, 2000. Miss Navajo Council, Inc., website, http://www.missnavajocouncil.org/main.htm. Miss Navajo. DVD. Directed by Billy Luther. 2006. Re-released, New York: Cinema Guild, 2007. standards addresed State Standards Seventh Grade Social Studies - Utah Studies: 2/1/a,b&c; 5/5/c; 5/3/a Accreditation Competencies Social and Civic Responsibility/Understands the history, people, and traditions that have shaped local communities, nations, and the world/Analyzes diverse viewpoints of social and civic issues in local, regional, and global events NCSS Standards Middle Grades: 1/c; 4/c&e; 9/b&c |