The VP is a woman too!

She is an auntie!

(Then again, EVERYBODY is an auntie!)

I explained this in another comment, but because of the Navajo conception of gender, saying it like that wouldn’t actually be whole or complete! To a Diné reader, it might even be LESS clear.

You can, for example, be female but not a woman. (You can be a masculine-spirited person with a female body, or a person with a female body whose spirit switches between masculine and feminine. Neither are termed “women”, and have their own gender names).

Traditionally, women do not become clan chiefs, though they participate in tribal leadership in other ways. So a role like this is significant for a person who plays a traditional feminine role among the people.

Could have used something like “In a first, a Navajo Woman was selected to be Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council”

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I’d imagine the city could and probably would shut that down pretty quickly if it causes traffic or they received complaints. Unless the property is zoned as commercial, which i doubt it is.

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Wait. So before, there were ZERO Navajo on the Navajo council? A bunch of white men and women?

Kinda says a lot about you as well.

There were definitely other Navajo women to exist first

Yeah when I read this in the feed I assumed it was a /r/NotTheOnion post

Yeah I feel you and I figured. I just think that's more of a "keep in my head" thing, and instead just showing a great appreciation might come across a little smoother.

Sorry if this is coming across rude, i just don't want to see you end up being flamed for describing your thoughts elsewhere.

I don't take the royalty statement too seriously if that makes sense.

i think that can brink on the side of racial fetishism. Not that you're ever going to sexualize them, but seeing one race as "royalty" might turn some heads.

Its great that you respect them, as we all should, but might want to rephrase your statement.

She has done what all bronies wish they could have done

That title is all the more reason to use her damned name.

Only if you educate them...

No wonder their numbers have fallen.

Is this one of their "signs of the endtimes" or was it a female president? 🤔 Either way, cool. Bring on the reign!~ 🙌🏾

Exactly. They could have easily made a barrier so people could see, but not pass for far cheaper than remodeling the front of the whole damn house.

In other families/clans it might be different, but given the Navajo conception of gender as I was taught it, it would be somewhat unusual to refer to solely a woman’s physical body in that way.

It isn’t that it is private per se, or inconsequential, it just doesn’t give the full picture or convey what is significant about this story. The new speaker is not “just” female. She is specifically a woman (asdzáán). That is, she is a female-bodied person with a feminine spirit who assumes the feminine gender role in society and in her relationships with others.

(Navajo society traditionally has about five genders, of which Woman is the primary.)

Does that make any sense?

Let's be real they'd take land away if they needed a place to shit.

I assumed this as well. Wouldn’t be surprised tbh

"First Navajo woman"

......ever?

I’m not insulting I’m in agreement. I literally said it’s so long overdue that veterans should have been given free care since war world one and two