From e197231c74aee82ed94941c0c2dca358665a3d32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 09:40:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] feat(en/Evangeline_Parsons_Yazzie):Add article state - Note: initially drafted at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Baltakatei/sandbox/Evangeline_Parsons_Yazzie --- .../Evangeline_Parsons_Yazzie/article.txt | 105 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 105 insertions(+) create mode 100644 en.wikipedia.org/Evangeline_Parsons_Yazzie/article.txt diff --git a/en.wikipedia.org/Evangeline_Parsons_Yazzie/article.txt b/en.wikipedia.org/Evangeline_Parsons_Yazzie/article.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..be87169 --- /dev/null +++ b/en.wikipedia.org/Evangeline_Parsons_Yazzie/article.txt @@ -0,0 +1,105 @@ +{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}} +'''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]]. 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. + +Following her retirement in 2014, Yazzie authored several novels about a fictional family's experience of the [[Long Walk of the Navajo]]. Yazzie died on May 22, 2022 at age 69. + +==References== +{{reflist|refs= + +{{cite news + |last = Allen + |first = Krista + |title = Beloved Navajo author receives warm welcome at Page book signing + |date = Dec 19, 2018 + |work = [[Lake Powell Chronicle]] + |url = https://lakepowellchronicle.com/article/beloved-navajo-author-receives-warm-welcome-at-page-book-signing + |access-date = Jan 25, 2023 + |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190205045416/https://lakepowellchronicle.com/article/beloved-navajo-author-receives-warm-welcome-at-page-book-signing + |archive-date = Feb 5, 2019 + |url-status = live +}} + +{{cite web + |title = Navajo professor writes textbook to help save her Native language + |date = Aug 27, 2008 + |work = NAU News + |url = http://news.nau.edu/navajo-professor-writes-textbook-to-help-save-her-native-language + |access-date = Jan 25, 2023 + |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202064825/http://news.nau.edu/navajo-professor-writes-textbook-to-help-save-her-native-language + |archive-date = Dec 2, 2017 + |url-status = live +}} + +{{cite news + |title = New Mexico first state to adopt Navajo textbook + |date = Jul 31, 2008 + |website = [[NBC News]] + |url = https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25943277 + |access-date = Jan 25, 2003 + |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210226135831/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25943277 + |archive-date = Feb 26, 2021 + |url-status = live +}} + +{{cite news + |last = Yerian + |first = Loretta + |title = Local author takes new look at the Navajo Long Walk + |date = Apr 1, 2014 + |work = [[Navajo-Hopi Observer]] + |url = https://www.nhonews.com/news/2014/apr/01/local-author-takes-new-look-at-the-navajo-long-wa/ + |access-date = Jan 25, 2023 + |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/ + |archive-date = Jan 25, 2023 + |url-status = live +}} + +{{cite news + |title = Diné author and scholar Dr. Evangeline Parsons Yazzie passes away at 69 + |date = May 31, 2022 + |work = [[Navajo-Hopi Observer]] + |url = https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/may/31/dine-author-and-scholar-dr-evangeline-parsons-yazz/ + |access-date = Jan 25, 2023 + |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220531165224/https://www.nhonews.com/news/2022/may/31/dine-author-and-scholar-dr-evangeline-parsons-yazz/ + |archive-date = May 31, 2022 + |url-status = live +}} + +{{cite book + |last1 = Parsons-Yazzie + |first1 = Evangeline + |last2 = Speas + |first2 = Margaret + |title = Diné Bizaad Bínáhoo’aah: Rediscovering the Navajo Language + |year = 2007 + |publisher = [[Salina Bookshelf]] + |location = [[Flagstaff, Arizona]] + |oclc = 156845819 +}} + +}} +{{DEFAULTSORT:Yazzie. 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