MISS NAVAJO – CRYSTAL FRAZIER

Miss Navajo, directed by Billy Luther, 2007.

This documentary follows 21-year-old Crystal Frazier, an introverted contestant in the Miss Navajo competition. The title has been awarded every year for over five decades to a woman who can best showcase skills that are crucial to Navajo daily life including sheep butchering, fry-bread making and rug weaving, and who has substantial knowledge of Navajo history and the tribe’s disappearing traditions.

(via Sherman Alexie’s Favorite Films About Native Americans | BillMoyers.com)

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