Kay Curley Bennett

Kay Curley Bennett (1922–1997) was a Navajo artist and writer.

Life

Bennett was born at Sheepsprings Trading Post and studied at Toadllena Boarding School. From 1969 to 1972, she was the New Mexico Human Rights Commissioner.[1] From 1974 to 1982, Bennett was on the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial's board of directors.[2][3]

Works

Kaibah : Recollections of a Navajo Girlhood ( 1964 )[4][5]
A Navajo Saga.[6][7]

References

Bataille, Gretchen M.; Lisa, Laurie (2003-12-16). Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95587-8.
"Kay "Kaibah" C. Bennett". Associated Press. November 15, 1997.
"Kay 'Kaibah' Bennett; Author, Navajo Nation Official". Los Angeles Times. 1997-11-19. Retrieved 2021-08-07.
Weisiger, Marsha (2011-11-15). Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80319-7.
Dunkel, John (1965-09-01). "Review". Southern California Quarterly. 47 (3): 341–342. doi:10.2307/41169950. ISSN 0038-3929. JSTOR 41169950.
Bennett, Kay; Bennett, Russ (1972). A Navajo saga. San Antonio, TX: Naylor Co. OCLC 555131896.
Merrill, Ann (1969). "A Navajo Saga by Kay and Russ Bennett". Western American Literature. 4 (1): 78. doi:10.1353/wal.1969.0068. ISSN 1948-7142. S2CID 166142557.

External links

Mixed Messages: Pablita Velarde, Kay Bennett, and the Changing Meaning of Anglo-Indian Intermarriage in Twentieth-Century New Mexico Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies, Vol. 26, No. 3 (2005), pp. 101–134 (34 pages) University of Nebraska Press

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[1] Bataille, Gretchen M.; Lisa, Laurie (2003-12-16). Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-95587-8.

[2] "Kay "Kaibah" C. Bennett". Associated Press. November 15, 1997.

[3] "Kay 'Kaibah' Bennett; Author, Navajo Nation Official". Los Angeles Times. 1997-11-19. Retrieved 2021-08-07.

[4] Weisiger, Marsha (2011-11-15). Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country. University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-80319-7.

[5] Dunkel, John (1965-09-01). "Review". Southern California Quarterly. 47 (3): 341–342. doi:10.2307/41169950. ISSN 0038-3929. JSTOR 41169950.

[6] Bennett, Kay; Bennett, Russ (1972). A Navajo saga. San Antonio, TX: Naylor Co. OCLC 555131896.

[7] Merrill, Ann (1969). "A Navajo Saga by Kay and Russ Bennett". Western American Literature. 4 (1): 78. doi:10.1353/wal.1969.0068. ISSN 1948-7142. S2CID 166142557.