Keynote Presentation

Dr. Jennifer Denetdale, Navajo Nation, Professor, University of New Mexico

Indigenous Gender Politics of Care in the Time of COVID

Jennifer Nez Denetdale is a citizen of the Navajo Nation. She is professor of American Studies and a historian. She is the author of Reclaiming Dine’ History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita (University of Arizona Press), two Navajo histories for young adults and numerous articles and essays. She is the chair of the Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission.