Contact

email: jdenet@unm.edu

office: Mesa Vista 1076

office phone: (505)277-4138

Profile

Professor Denetdale is from Tohatchi, New Mexico, and is a member of the Diné (Navajo) Nation. Her clans are Zia and Salt. She offers courses in Navajo history, Southwestern Native Americans, Native American Women, and Women in the U.S. West. In addition, Denetdale is preparing a course on American oral history. Most recently, Denetdale finished an article, entitled “’One of the Queenliest Women in Dignity, Grace, and Character I Have Ever Met’: Navajo Women and Photography—Portrayals of Juanita, 1868-1910,” which is forthcoming in the New Mexico Historical Review in 2004.

Education

B.A. in English, University of New Mexico, 1988
M.A. in English, Northern Arizona University, 1991
Ph.D. in History, Northern Arizona University, 1999

Research

Native American, Navajo, and Oral history

Selected Publications

“Representing Changing Woman: A Review Essay on Navajo Women,” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 25:3 (2001)

“Planting Seed of Ideas and Raising Doubts About What We Believe: An Interview with Vine Deloria, Jr.,” Journal of Social Archaeology Vol. 4, No. 2 (2004): 131-146.

Review Essay for Under the Rug: A Hidden History of Navajo Weaving by Kathy M’Closkey and Navajo Saddle Blankets: textiles to Ride in the American West edited by Lane Coulter. New Mexico Historical Review (Fall 2004)

Awards

Katrin H. Lamon Residence Fellowship, School of American Research, Santa Fe, NM (2002-03)

University Organized Research Grant, Northern Arizona University (Summer 2000)

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (1997)

Courses

Native American Women; Navajo History; Women in the West; Native American Southwest; Women in the US West; American Indian History.