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 ...

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.

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.

As her silver crown shimmered in the sunlight, Shaandiin Parrish loaded car after car in the Navajo Nation’s Huerfano chapter area with food and toilet paper.

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 ...

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 ...