Katherine Smith (Navajo activist) American Activist
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1917
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| Birthplace |
Black Mesa, Arizona
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| Died |
29th March, 2017
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| Place of Death |
Black Mesa, Arizona
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| Nationality |
American
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| Occupation Text |
Activist, cultural educator
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| Occupation |
Activist
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Katherine Smith (1918–2017) was a Navajo activist, cultural educator, land defender, and resistor who protected Navajo land and refused to leave Big Mountain (Black Mesa). A 1985 documentary Broken Rainbow depicts the struggle of the Navajo amid government enforced relocation of thousands from Black Mesa in Arizona after the enactment of the Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act of 1974. The documentary film about the relocation was nominated for an Oscar.
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