Diné (Navajo) Community and Events Photographs Photographic Negatives

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Extent: 4755 Negatives (photographic) (Black and white, 35mm, 120mm); 8 Contact sheets

Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abigail Adler Diné (Navajo) photographs, NMAI.AC.373 catalog #; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Collection Rights: Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not modified in any way, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian. For more information please see the Smithsonian's Terms of Use and NMAI Archive Center's Digital Image request website.; Some images restricted: Cultural Sensitivity

Scope and Contents: Series 2: Diné (Navajo) Community and Events Photographs, 1975-1980 includes 4295 35mm film and 460 120mm film black and white photographic negatives and 8 associated contact sheets. Adler documented Diné (Navajo) community events throughout the Navajo Nation, which includes modern-day Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The photographic negatives depict scenes with Diné (Navajo) community members, both at their homes and hogans as well as at community events such as at protests, art shows, contests, in court, and ceremonies like weddings. Notable events include the Miss Navajo Contest, the National Indian Youth Council v. Adrus, the Women's Conference in Shiprock, and the Dominguez - Escalante Bicentenial Expedition. Adler's photographs exhibit the range of her documentary and personal work throughout the Navajo Nation and the breadth of her connectedness to the greater Diné (Navajo) community. There may be content within this series that is considered culturally sensitive.

Collection Restrictions: Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).

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