Chairmen, Presidents, and Princesses: The Navajo Nation, Gender, and the Politics of Tradition

The Moral Limits of the Law: Settler Colonialism and the Anti-Violence Movement

“…In addition, as Native studies scholar Jennifer Denetdale argues, many tribal governments act as neo-colonial formations that support tribal elites at the expense of the community. 4 Third, they must also address women who need immediate services, even if those services may come from a colonising federal government or a tribal government that may perpetuate gender oppression.…”

Navajo Transformative Scholarship in the Twenty-First Century

“…To illuminate how women are involved in the Navajo nationalist project, I turn to the Miss Navajo Nation pageant and discuss how the requirements refl ect, on the one hand, ideal Navajo womanhood and, on the other, imposed notions of ideal Euro-American womanhood, which draw upon Victorian ideals of purity, chastity, and domesticity. 5 Denetdale argues that a double standard is present when it comes to gender roles and responsibilities in the twenty-fi rst century. Navajo men are allowed and encouraged to participate in politics but women are relegated to behind the scenes.…”

Globalization as Racialized, Sexualized Violence

“…Patriarchal, globalocentric analyses also fail to acknowledge and address the various forms of violence that indigenous women face when they challenge sexist, ---------------------------------R a u n a K u o k k a n e n /Globalization as Racialized, Sexualized Violence 217 hierarchical power and gender relations in their own communities (e.g. Nash 2001: 180;Martin-Hill 2003;Smith 2005b;Denetdale 2006). If we do not take the gendering of power and its locations seriously, Cynthia Enloe (2004) suggests, we risk producing simplistic analyses but also being naïve.…”