+{{Short description|Navajo educator and author (1952–2022)}}
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-'''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]].
+'''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]].
== Life ==
-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"/>
+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 Bínáhooʼaah: 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"/>
+
+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"/>
+
+==Bibliography==
+===Non-Fiction===
+* ''[[Diné Bizaad Bínáhooʼaah : Rediscovering The Navajo Language]]'' (2007), {{ISBN|9781893354739}}, {{OCLC|156845819}}.
+** ''[[Diné Bizaad Bínáhooʼaah Audio Set 1]]'' {{ISBN|9781893354760}}
+* ''A Study for Reasons for Navajo Language Attrition as Perceived by Navajo Speaking Parents'' (1995), {{OCLC|77536872}}.
+
+===Her Land, Her Love series===
+A fictional account of the [[Long Walk of the Navajo]].
+
+# ''Her Land, Her Love : Nínááníbaaʼ : the woman warrior who came home once again'' (2014), {{ISBN|9781893354968}}, {{OCLC|879377793}}
+# ''Her Enemy Her Love : Dééd Yázhi : Little Girl Warrior Who Came Home'' (2016), {{ISBN|9781893354289}}, {{OCLC|927119745}}
+# ''Her Captive Her Love : Dzánibaʼ : Young woman warrior'' (2018), {{ISBN|9781893354289}}, {{OCLC|927119745}}
+# ''Their Land, Their Love : The Return Home'' (2019), {{ISBN|9781893354326}}, {{OCLC|1078778700}}
+
+===Other Fiction===
+* ''Dzání Yázhí Naazbaaʼ : Little Woman Warrior Who Came Home : a story of the Navajo Long Walk'' (2005), {{ISBN|9781893354555}}, {{OCLC|57201776}}
+
-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"/>
==References==
{{reflist|refs=
|first1 = Evangeline
|last2 = Speas
|first2 = Margaret
- |title = Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo’aah: Rediscovering the Navajo Language
+ |title = Diné Bizaad Bínáhooʼaah: Rediscovering the Navajo Language
|year = 2007
|publisher = [[Salina Bookshelf]]
|location = [[Flagstaff, Arizona]]
}}</ref>
}}
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