UNM Looking for Nominations for Navajo Innovators and Navajos Making a Difference (fwd)

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UNM Looking for Nominations for Navajo Innovators and Navajos Making a
Difference
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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 Nov. 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:

* Be a person of Navajo origin or can be groups/organizations/businesses
* Demonstrate “making a difference” in any area that is improving lives,
conditions and environment for the Navajo people, youth to elders

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 e-mail 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 at 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.