[nativestudies-l] Miss Navajo documentary premiers Nov. 13 at 10pm on PBS

[Alyssa Mt. Pleasant]

Documentary on Miss Navajo Pageant to air tonight:

For the past 50 years, the Miss Navajo Nation pageant has celebrated 
Navajo women and traditional values, language and inner beauty. Held 
over a five-day period at the annual Navajo Nation Fair, contestants are 
required to showcase skills that are crucial to Navajo daily life, 
including sheep butchering, fry-bread making and rug weaving. Through 
interviews with new and previous pageant contestants, /Miss Navajo/ 
reveals the importance of cultural preservation and the meaning of being 
a woman in Navajo culture.

Trailer:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I1HqZHZhyz8 
<http://youtube.com/watch?v=I1HqZHZhyz8>

Website:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/missnavajo/

Premier:
10pm (EST) on PBS, check local listings

CPTV is showing the documentary at 11 pm in Connecticut
WGBY is showing the documentary at 10 pm in western Massachusetts


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