Kay Curley Bennett (1922–1997) was a

Navajo The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...

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. From 1974 to 1982, Bennett was on the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial's board of directors.

Works

* ''Kaibah : Recollections of a Navajo Girlhood'' ( 1964 ) * ''A Navajo Saga.''

References

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bennett, Kay Curley 1922 births 1997 deaths Navajo artists American artists 20th-century Native Americans Navajo women artists Navajo women writers