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September 6, 2006

UNM Looking for Nominations for Navajo Innovators and Navajos Making a Difference

The University of New Mexico and the Indigenous Nations Library Program are seeking nominations for a “Navajo Innovation Award” and a “Navajo Making a Difference Award.” The awards will be highlights of the 16 th Navajo Studies Conference to be hosted by UNM in the Student Union Building on the UNM main campus on November 1-4, 2006.

Nominees for the Navajo Innovation Award should:

•  Be a person of Navajo origin
•  Have demonstrated leadership in creating services, programs or products that improve Navajo education, research and commerce
•  Have demonstrated success from innovation in any area that benefits native people
•  Be involved in a technological innovation

Nominees for the “Making a Difference” Award should:

Nomination letters should include name, address, email, telephone and description. The letter should include information on the nominator so that they can be contacted. Letters can be submitted by email or fax, but a hard copy must be mailed to:

Mary Alice Tsosie, Conference Coordinator
Indigenous Nations Library Program (INLP)
University Libraries
MSCO5 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque , New Mexico 87131-0001

Email: dineconf@unm.edu

Fax: 505-277-0397

The awards will be presented during the Navajo Studies Conference banquet on Friday evening, Nov. 3, at UNM in Albuquerque , New Mexico . The deadline for submissions is Oct. 1. For more information about the awards please contact Mary Alice Tsosie, Conference Coordinator at (505) 277-8922 or (505) 277-7433.

This is the third time UNM has hosted the conference. The purpose of the conference is to promote Navajo Studies of language, culture, history and all aspects of Navajo life. This year's theme is Diné daniidíigo hózhóogo nideikai, “In the sacred manner we walk as Diné.” Anyone who is interested in attending can register online at http://elibrary.unm.edu/inlp/navajo_studies-conf.php

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