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.

WINDOW ROCK — When Shaandiin Parrish became Miss Navajo Nation in 2019, she had one goal: to serve her people. She thought she had a year to achieve her goal. It turned out she would hold the ...

As COVID-19 swept through the Southwest, Miss Navajo Nation Shaandiin Parrish suddenly went from visiting elders and delivering motivational speeches to distributing food, supplies and information ...

Shaandiin Parrish, who won the pageant in 2019, signs posters outside the Coyote Canyon Chapter House. (David Kelly / For The Times) “They are the epitome of what a Navajo woman should be ...

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 ...

N avajo 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 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 ...

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson passes a decree to Michelle Espino, chief legislative counsel of the 25th Navajo Nation Council, as they’re joined by Shaandiin Parrish, chair of the Budget and ...

Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson passes a decree to Michelle Espino, chief legislative counsel of the 25th Navajo Nation Council, as they’re joined by Shaandiin Parrish, chair of the Budget and ...

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.

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 ...