Naiomi Glasses is an American (

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)

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and

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who uses social media to represent indigenous culture.

Early life

Glasses was bullied as a child due to bilateral

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. Glasses' older brother taught her how to skateboard at the age of 5.

Career

Using social media Glasses has advocated for the construction of a skate park in Two Grey Hills,

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. She features traditional Diné fashion in her skateboarding TikToks. Glasses raises sheep for wool used in her weaved rugs and purses. Glasses uses social media to share and represent indigenous culture. Glasses is a

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collector.

Personal life

Glasses is from Rock Point, Arizona.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glasses, Naiomi Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from Apache County, Arizona Navajo artists Native American women artists Native American textile artists 21st-century women textile artists 21st-century textile artists American weavers 21st-century American women artists Native American skateboarders Navajo sportspeople Female skateboarders Sportspeople from Arizona Artists from Arizona 21st-century Native American women 21st-century Native Americans