Crowning Miss Navajo: at this pageant, fry bread counts for a lot more than evening gowns
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Navajo women who compete in the Miss Navajo pageant are not judged on their appearance in a swimsuit, but by how well they can butcher a sheep or prepare fry bread. The pageant exists to preserve traditional Navajo folkways, and foster the preservation of the Navajo language.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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Looking for a story to tell: the Navajo path to my Jewish past
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A Jewish woman describes collecting a reliquary of women's stories about a Navajo family, a reliquary that was missing in her own family. When her grandmother died, she began to discover the reasons for this lack of family memories.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1997
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Holy hustling: sex-for-hire as a spiritual path
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A male prostitute discusses the path of his life into prostitution, his acceptance of his prostitution and his future.
Publication Name: Utne Reader
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 8750-0256
Year: 1997
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