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Yá’át’ééh.

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Hello.

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Shí’éí Jeneda Benally yinishyé.

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My name is Jeneda Benally.

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Shí’éí Red Coat People nishłi.

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I am of the Red Coat People.

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To’dich’níi”ii bashishchíín.

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I am born for the Bitter Water.

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Naakai diné’é éí dashinálí . The wandering
people are my paternal grandparents.

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Aadóó Polish éí dashicheii nááná.The
ones that are called the Polish people are

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my maternal grandparents.

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I am originally from Black Mesa Arizona on
the Navajo Nation.

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But I reside here in Flagstaff.

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My first experience in the Museum of Northern
Arizona goes back so far that I don’t think

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that I can remember.

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The Museum of Northern Arizona has always
been a large part of my life—of my family’s

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life, of the Jones-Benally family.

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We’ve performed at the Navajo show with
our traditional Diné —traditional Navajo—dances

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for many, many years.

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And much later, we performed here with our
contemporary rock band, Black Fire.

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And, even more recently, performed here at
the Museum of Northern Arizona with our new

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group, the rock duo called Sihasin.

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Most often, when people think of a museum
they think of history.

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They think of something that they can read
about but they can’t necessarily experience

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or touch.

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And my experience with the Museum of Northern
Arizona is unique because my experience is

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a journey of empowerment, a journey of understanding
the incredible leadership that comes out of

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this community house.

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The Diné Discovery camp here at the Museum
of Northern Arizona is really a place that

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provides a growing sense of leadership for
our youth.

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And that’s so important and that’s so
rare to find.

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Not only does it build a good foundation for
youth for understanding who they are as a

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Diné person, as a cultural person, but it
provides that foundation to make decisions

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based on their understanding of what their
foundation is.

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The Museum of Northern Arizona is a safe place.

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And it’s always been a safe place for artists,
for people to come, for spiritual leaders

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to come and share.