Opening at the Navajo Nation Museum: August 8, 2025
Nihinaaldlooshii doo nídínééshgóó k’ee’ąą yilzhish dooleeł explores the intersecting histories of U.S. Indian Commissioner John Collier’s livestock reduction programs with the legacy of the photography of Milton Snow. Addressing themes of community and kinship, nation and democracy, gender and patriarchy, and refusal and resistance, this exhibition features 60+ photographs alongside interpretative text shaped by Diné artists, scholars, and community members.
The Navajo Nation Museum’s forthcoming exhibition is co-curated by Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale (Diné) and Clarenda Begay (Diné), in community with project manager Lillia McEnaney and a core team of advisors.
An accompanying volume of the same title–co-edited by Dr. Jennifer Nez Denetdale (Diné) and Lillia McEnaney–is forthcoming with the University of New Mexico Press.
Previously, Denetdale and McEnaney co-curated “Nothing Left For Me:” Federal Policy and the Photography of Milton Snow in Diné Bikéyah (May 4, 2024–November 8, 2025) at the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico.
Click here to view the exhibition press kit. Click here to hear the exhibition title spoken in Diné Bizaad, as read by Joe Kee (Diné). For all press and media inquiries, please contact Lillia McEnaney (mcenaneylillia[@]gmail.com).
With the support of the Navajo Nation Museum, the project is generously funded by the Henry Luce Foundation’s Indigenous Knowledge Initiative and sponsored by the First Nations Development Institute.