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   2 '''Evangeline Parsons Yazzie''' ({{circa}} 1952 – May 22, 2022) was a [[Navajo]] educator and author of the first textbook adopted by the [[State_school#United_States|U.S. public education system]] to teach the [[Navajo language]].
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   4 == Life ==
   5 Yazzie received a Master of Arts degree in Bilingual Multicultural Education and a Doctorate in Education from [[Northern Arizona University]] (NAU) where she taught [[Navajo language]] courses for 24 years until 2014. In 2007, Yazzie co-authored a textbook for teaching the Navajo language titled ''Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo’aah: Rediscovering the Navajo Language'' along with [[Peggy Speas|Margaret Speas]], a professor of linguistics at the [[University of Massachusetts]].<ref name="nau_20080827_navajotextbook"/><ref name="yazzie_2007_dinebizaad"/> In 2008, [[New Mexico]] adopted the textbook making itself the first U.S. state to officially use any text for teaching the Navajo language in its public school system.<ref name="nbc_20080731_nmadopt"/>
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   7 Following her retirement in 2014, Yazzie authored several novels about a fictional family's experience of the [[Long Walk of the Navajo]].<ref name="nho_20140401_novels"/><ref name="lpc_20181219_booksigning"/> Yazzie died on May 22, 2022 at age 69.<ref name="nho_20220531_obit"/>
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   9 ==References==
  10 {{reflist|refs=
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  12 <ref name="lpc_20181219_booksigning">{{cite news
  13  |last         = Allen
  14  |first        = Krista
  15  |title        = Beloved Navajo author receives warm welcome at Page book signing
  16  |date         = Dec 19, 2018
  17  |work         = [[Lake Powell Chronicle]]
  18  |url          = https://lakepowellchronicle.com/article/beloved-navajo-author-receives-warm-welcome-at-page-book-signing
  19  |access-date  = Jan 25, 2023
  20  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20190205045416/https://lakepowellchronicle.com/article/beloved-navajo-author-receives-warm-welcome-at-page-book-signing
  21  |archive-date = Feb 5, 2019
  22  |url-status   = live
  23 }}</ref>
  24
  25 <ref name="nau_20080827_navajotextbook">{{cite web
  26  |title        = Navajo professor writes textbook to help save her Native language
  27  |date         = Aug 27, 2008
  28  |work         = NAU News
  29  |url          = http://news.nau.edu/navajo-professor-writes-textbook-to-help-save-her-native-language
  30  |access-date  = Jan 25, 2023
  31  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202064825/http://news.nau.edu/navajo-professor-writes-textbook-to-help-save-her-native-language
  32  |archive-date = Dec 2, 2017
  33  |url-status   = live
  34 }}</ref>
  35
  36 <ref name="nbc_20080731_nmadopt">{{cite news
  37  |title        = New Mexico first state to adopt Navajo textbook
  38  |date         = Jul 31, 2008
  39  |website      = [[NBC News]]
  40  |url          = https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25943277
  41  |access-date  = Jan 25, 2003
  42  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20210226135831/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25943277
  43  |archive-date = Feb 26, 2021
  44  |url-status   = live
  45 }}</ref>
  46
  47 <ref name="nho_20140401_novels">{{cite news
  48  |last         = Yerian
  49  |first        = Loretta
  50  |title        = Local author takes new look at the Navajo Long Walk
  51  |date         = Apr 1, 2014
  52  |work         = [[Navajo-Hopi Observer]]
  53  |url          = https://www.nhonews.com/news/2014/apr/01/local-author-takes-new-look-at-the-navajo-long-wa/
  54  |access-date  = Jan 25, 2023
  55  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20230125092230/https://www.nhonews.com/news/2014/apr/01/local-author-takes-new-look-at-the-navajo-long-wa/
  56  |archive-date = Jan 25, 2023
  57  |url-status   = live
  58 }}</ref>
  59
  60 <ref name="nho_20220531_obit">{{cite news
  61  |title        = Diné author and scholar Dr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie passes away at 69
  62  |date         = May 31, 2022
  63  |work         = [[Navajo-Hopi Observer]]
  64  |url          = https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/may/31/dine-author-and-scholar-dr-evangeline-parsons-yazz/
  65  |access-date  = Jan 25, 2023
  66  |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20220531165224/https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/may/31/dine-author-and-scholar-dr-evangeline-parsons-yazz/
  67  |archive-date = May 31, 2022
  68  |url-status   = live
  69 }}</ref>
  70
  71 <ref name="yazzie_2007_dinebizaad">{{cite book
  72  |last1        = Parsons-Yazzie
  73  |first1       = Evangeline
  74  |last2        = Speas
  75  |first2       = Margaret
  76  |title        = Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo’aah: Rediscovering the Navajo Language
  77  |year         = 2007
  78  |publisher    = [[Salina Bookshelf]]
  79  |location     = [[Flagstaff, Arizona]]
  80  |oclc         = 156845819
  81 }}</ref>
  82
  83 }}
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  90 [[Category:Navajo people]]
  91 [[Category:Northern Arizona University alumni]]
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