When Shaandiin Parrish was crowned Miss Navajo Nation in 2019, she didn't expect to win. She also didn't expect to be carrying the honor two years later and through the health crisis.

PHOENIX – After winning the title of Miss Navajo Nation in September, Shaandiin Parrish immediately got to work on the cultural preservation and advocacy efforts central to the role. At times ...

Shaandiin Parrish became Miss Navajo Nation in 2019 with plans to serve her people for a year. The pandemic changed those plans and rewrote her story.

The 2019 winner, Shaandiin Parrish, visited all 110 chapter houses — centers of local government — on the 27,400-square-mile reservation, which stretches through parts of Arizona, New Mexico ...

Two women who served as Miss Navajo Nation, Crystalyne Curley and Shaandiin Parrish, described their time as Miss Navajo as either a way to get them one step closer into the Navajo government or ...

Navajo Nation leaders Shaandiin Parrish, left, and Crystalyne Curley met with reporters at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday to discuss their efforts to get funds from Utah lawmakers for a ...

Navajo Nation Delegate Shaandiin Parrish said that after Utah signed the decree formalizing the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement — allocating 81,500 acre-feet of water per year to the Navajo ...

Navajo Nation Delegate Shaandiin Parrish said that after Utah signed the decree formalizing the Navajo Utah Water Rights Settlement — allocating 81,500 acre-feet of water per year to the Navajo ...

From left, Joel Ferry, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Shaandiin Parrish and Michelle Espino hold decrees after Utah and the Navajo Nation finalized a water rights agreement in the Capitol in Salt Lake ...

A child thanks Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin Parrish for distributing food, water and cleaning supplies in the Navajo communities of Gadi’i’áhi, Shiprock and Tse’Daa’Kaan during the COVID ...

When Shaandiin Parrish was crowned Miss Navajo Nation in 2019, she didn't expect to win. She also didn't expect to be carrying the honor two years later and through the health crisis.