Summer Powell

Yá'át'ééh shik'èí dóó shidine'è, Shí éí Summer Powell yinishyé, Naakai Dine’é nishłį́, Na'ahiłii bashishchiin, Tsi’naajinii dashicheii, Naahiłií dashinalí. Hello, I am Summer Powell born to the Mexican People (mother’s clan), born for Black people (father’s clan), my Cheii (maternal grandfather) is from the Black Streak Wood People and my Nalí (paternal grandfather) is Black. I am from Window Rock, AZ, the capital of the Navajo Nation, and a citizen of the Navajo (Diné) Nation. I am a graduate student/graduate research assistant (GRA) at the University of Kansas in the Indigenous Studies Program in Lawrence, KS. I am currently researching water rights Diné people have to the Colorado River and water sources within the Navajo Nation. I did my undergraduate at Haskell Indian Nations University and graduated with a bachelor of arts in Indigenous and American Indian Studies. I have four sisters, Danielle, Autumn, Shawntai and Shyla; one brother, Kenny; my mom, Charlene; my aunt, Sandra; and grandparents, Gladys and Dennis Blackgoat.