Summer Powell

Yá'át'ééh shik'èí dóó shidine'è, Shí éí Summer Powell yinishyé, Naakai Dine’é nishłį́, Na'ahiłii bashishchiin, Tsi’naajinii dashicheii, Na'ahiłii dashinalí. Hello, I am Summer Powell, born to the Mexican People (mother’s clan), born for Black people (father’s clan), my Cheii (maternal grandfather) is from the Black Streak Wood People, and my Nalí (paternal grandfather) is Black. I come from a small community of Window Rock, AZ, on the Navajo Nation. After graduating from Window Rock High School, I decided to pursue my education at Haskell Indian Nations University. I hold an Associate of Arts degree in Communication and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Indigenous and American Indian Studies. I recently graduated from the University of Kansas with a master's degree in Indigenous Studies, with an emphasis on Diné water rights. This fall, I will be continuing my education in the Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) PhD program.