Sunny DooleySunny Dooley is a Diné storyteller born into the Saltwater Clan and born from the Water's Edge Clan.[1] She shares Hane', or Diné Blessingway stories, and is a former Miss Navajo Nation, having won the title in 1982.[2] BiographyDooley was born to parents Dorothy and Tom Dooley.[3] She is from the Chi Chil' Tah (Where the Oaks Grow) community in New Mexico,[2][4] and grew up on the Navajo reservation in Arizona. She learned to speak Diné Bizaad as her first language[5] and learned the skill of storytelling from her mother. As a storyteller, Dooley shares stories that have been passed down through generations in her family.[6][4] In 1979, Dooley graduated from West High School in Salt Lake City, Utah. She attended the University of New Mexico, where she received an Associate of Art degree.[7] She later graduated from Brigham Young University, majoring in speech communications and minoring in art. While at the school, she was awarded Miss Indian Brigham Young University.[8][6] In 1982, she competed in Miss Navajo Nation. During the competition's skills portion, she told a story about the Changing Woman. She won the competition, becoming Miss Navajo Nation from 1982 to 1983. After the contest, she continued storytelling.[1] She performed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. around 2009.[5] A year later, she published a story called "Mai and the Cliff-Dwelling Birds" in the 2010 book, Trickster: Native American Tales.[9] As of 2021, Dooley lives in Chi Chil' Tah in a hogan, a traditional log house.[10] In 2023, she had an acting appearance in the film Frybread Face and Me. In 2024, she served as a cultural advisor and one of the central narrative figures in Johannes Grenzfurther's documentary Hacking at Leaves. References
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