Navajo Storytelling: Understanding the Nagleeh and Gender in Creation & Coyote Stories

While Bear sleeps in the winter, spend an evening with Navajo storyteller, Anthony Shirley, to get a broader understanding of how acceptance has shifted for Navajo Naglééh, which means “interchanging,” and now refers to Indigiqueer or Two Spirit people. All are welcome to learn about gender roles, status, and cross-dressing in traditional Navajo stories that can shed light on today’s world. 

Biography: Anthony Shirley is originally from Chinle, Arizona and is from the Many Goats Clan (maternal) and Towering House Clan (paternal). Tony taught Navajo language and culture at the University of Utah for ten years and currently lives in Salt Lake City with his husband, Scott.

This is an in-person event at Signature Books (508 W. 400 N., SLC) but can also be enjoyed virtually via Zoom.

Remote Attendance

Zoom link: https://utah.zoom.us/j/89327730028Passcode: 244663