Currently on view: Navajo Nation Museum.


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 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–co-edited by Denetdale (Diné) and McEnaney–is forthcoming with the University of New Mexico Pres in fall 2026. Previously, the pair 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.

RESOURCES: 
Read the exhibition text panels & object labels.
Watch the exhibiton film, produced by Ramona Emerson (Diné). 
View the exhibition press kit and a selection of Snow’s images. 
Hear the exhibition title spoken in Diné bizaad, as read by Dr. Joe Kee (Diné).
Watch a curatorial discussion between Denetdale, McEnaney, and Dr. Christine Ami (Diné).  

For all press and media inquiries, please contact Lillia McEnaney (mcenaneylillia[@]gmail.com).