NAVAJO NATION FAIR & powwow

For over 50 years, the Navajo Nation Fair has brought together Navajo people, other Native Americans and visitors in a social, entertaining and competitive atmosphere.

Navajo Nation Fair & Powwow (enlargeable, click on photo)

Window Rock, northeastern Arizona, hosts the annual fair for several days at the beginning of September, the weekend after Labour Day. It is the world’s largest Native American Fair and events at the Navajo Nation Fair include: Indian professional rodeo, inter-tribal contest powwow, Navajo social song & dance contests, fry bread contests, a parade, the Miss Navajo Nation pageant, musical entertainment, a livestock show and sale, horticulture and commercial exhibit areas, crafts, and Native American food concessions.

The following photos were taken at the 56th Annual Navajo Nation Fair, Sept. 2002, in Window Rock.
Many of them are viewable in a larger size. Please look for (enlargeable) in the photo description and click on the photo.

THE PARADE

Parade into Window Rock...

...with different themes

Navajo Code Talkers Merril and his...

...brother Samuel Sandoval at the parade

NAVAJO SOCIAL SONG & DANCE CONTEST

Navajo social song...

...and dance contest (enlargeable)

INTER-TRIBAL CONTEST POWWOW

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INDIAN PROFESSIONAL RODEO

Only the best of... (enlargeable)

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MISS NAVAJO NATION

With Jolyana Begay, Miss Navajo Nation 2001-2002

All photos: © by gbintheworld.com


Links to websites with info about the Navajo Nation Fair and participants (links open in a new window):
Navajo Nation Fair official website
Miss Navajo Nation official website
Navajo Code Talker info website of Merril Sandoval

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