Famous Navajos?

Question

I need to know names of famous navajos and what they did to become famous. please!!!!!!!!!! due monday

Answer 1

Manuelito
( Tribe : Navajo )
. 1818-1894. Born into the Bit'ahni (Folded Arms People) clan near Bear Ears Peak in southeastern Utah about 1818, Manuelito was not well known until he was elected headman after the death of Zarcillas Largas (Long Earrings). He was a noted warrior and married the war chief Narbona's daughter. Later, he took a second wife after a raid on a Mexican settlement. Manuelito is spanish for "Little Manuel". His Navajo names included Hastin Ch'ilhajinii or Childjajin, meaning "The man of the Black Weeds"; Ashkii Dighin, or "Holy Boy", which he was called as a youth; and Haskeh Naabah, or "The Angry Warrior," his war name. At the beginning of the Mexican war in 1846, the United States quickly occupied New Mexico. To punish the Navajo for stealing lifestock, Colonel Alexander W. Doniphan led his Missouri volunteers into the Navajo Homelands. Since each Navajo headman was responsible only for the acts of members of his group and there were no centralized head chiefs, there was much misunderstanding between the Navajos and the whites. Hiding in their rugged terrain, and particularly in the recesses of their sacred place, Canyon de Chelly, the Navajos avoided any major military conflicts with the Americans. In 1846 and 1849, Navajo headmen negotiated treaties with the American government, but they avoided U.S. control. During the 1850's, Navajo leaders such as Manuelito had become wealthy through agricultural pursuits, livestock raising, and raids. But disputes emerged over grazing rights at the mouth of Canyon Bonito near Fort Defiance between the Navajos and the U.S. soldiers.
whole story at this site
http://www.axel-jacob.de/chiefs2.htm
Ganado Mucho
( Tribe : Navajo )
c. 1809-1893. Ganado Mucho was also called Ganados Muchos or Mucho Ganado ("Many Cattle" in Spanish), and Aguas Grandes (meaning "Big Water"), as well as Hosteen Totsohnii. Born of a Navajo mother and a Hopi father, he was a Navajo headman, a proponent of peace with whites, and as his name indicated, a cattleman in the vicinity of present-day Klagetoh on the Navajo Reservation.
In the 1850s, Ganado was accused by non-Indians of cattle theft because of his large herds. He denied such alegations and, along with other Navajos, signed an agreement in 1858 to return any stolen livestock discovered among the Navajo people.
In the Navajo War of 1863-1866, under the tutelage of Manuelito, Ganada Mucho counseled peace. At first, he hid out with his followers from U.S. troops led by Kit Carson. In 1865, he led his group to Bosque Redondo (Fort Sumner, New Mexico) as ordered. At this time, his son and two daughters were lost to slave raids by Mexicans and Utes. He signed the Navajo Treaty of 1868, which allowed the Navajos' return to their homeland in the Four Corners area. Subsequently, Ganado rebuilt his herd and maintained his role as headman and peacemaker between the Navajos and the neighboring non-Indians.
http://www.axel-jacob.de/no_photos03.html#mucho
http://www.axel-jacob.de/main_chief.html#menuchief

As far as “Famous”, the Navajo Code Talkers are probably the group
with the most publicity, portrayed in the 2001 movie “The Wind
Talkers”. Here is a lost of Congressional Gold Medal recipients:

Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony - July 26, 2001
John Brown Jr., Crystal, N.M.; Chester Nez, Albuquerque, N.M.; Allen
Dale June, West Valley City, Utah; and Lloyd Oliver, Phoenix, Ariz.
Joe Palmer, also one of the original 29, was unable to attend for
health reasons. The following Code Talkers were represented at the
ceremony by family members: Charlie Y. Begay, Roy L. Begay, Samuel H.
Begay, John Ashi Benally, Wilsie H. Bitsie, Cosey S. Brown, John
Chee, Benjamin Cleveland, Eugene R. Crawford, David Curley, Lowell S.
Damon, George H. Dennison, James Dixon, Carl N. Gorman, Oscar B.
Ilthma, Alfred Leonard, Johnny R. Manuelito, William McCabe, Jack Nez,
Frank Denny Pete, Nelson S. Thompson, Harry Tsosie, John Willie and
William Dean Wilson.
http://bingaman.senate.gov/code_talkers/ceremony/ceremony.html#gold

Pictures of Navajo Code Talkers: Clicking on each picture will reveal
the name of the people depicted.
http://bingaman.senate.gov/code_talkers/men/men.html

Answer 2

Navajo Chiefs

Answer 3

Dr. Fred Begay is the only known Navajo with a Ph.D. in nuclear
physics “A doctorate degree in nuclear physics, experience on NASA's high-energy gamma ray project, teaching fellowships at Stanford University and the University of Maryland and a tenure of nearly 30 years in LANL's laser program.”

New Mexico Senator John Pinto (D-Tohatchi), winner of the Silver Congressional Medal Honor

Luci Tapahonso, Navajo author

Answer 4

Here is a list of some notable Navajo people, and their occupations in bracket. I don't know exactly how much information you need on what did they do to become famous. So, I'm just providing the links to Wikipedia articles on these Navajos -- you can find more information there.


Cory Witherill (race car driver)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cory_Witherill

Emmi Whitehorse (painter)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmi_Whitehorse

Annie Dodge Wauneka (recipient of Presidential Medal of Freedom)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Dodge_Wauneka

Tommy Singer (silversmith)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Singer

Joe Shirley, Jr. (current president of the Navajo Nation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Shirley%2C_Jr.

R. C. Gorman (artist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._C._Gorman

Fred Martinez (a student killed in a hate crime)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Martinez

R. Carlos Nakai (flutist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Carlos_Nakai

Douglas Spotted Eagle (flutist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Spotted_Eagle

Peter McDonald (tribal council chairman)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_McDonald_%28tribal_council_chairman%29

Narbona (a Navajo chief)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narbona

Manuelito (a Navajo war chief)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuelito

Joe Kieyoomia (soldier)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kieyoomia

Paul Jones (Navajo Chairman)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jones_%28Navajo_Chairman%29

Raven Chacon (composer and artist)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raven_Chacon

Answer 5

Jacoby Elsberry

Answer 6

RE:
Famous Navajos?
I need to know names of famous navajos and what they did to become famous. please!!!!!!!!!! due monday

Answer 7

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www.nau.edu/cline/speccoll/exhibits/traders/navajopostww2.html
www.largocanyon.org/largo/history/history.htm

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