Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 4/7/2016
Quite a few challenges accompany the process of writing encyclopedic entries for the eHillerman portal. We encounter fictitious locations, Navajo terminology…
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Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 4/7/2016
Quite a few challenges accompany the process of writing encyclopedic entries for the eHillerman portal. We encounter fictitious locations, Navajo terminology…
by Stephanie Mack, Hillerman Fellow
Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 6/10/2016
It was a historic moment in history on September 26, 2014: the Navajo Tribal Council approved a $554 million dollar…
by Darcy Brazen, Digital Hillerman Fellow
Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 7/31/2017
One of my designated duties as a digital initiatives fellow involves the researching and writing authentic…
by Sophie Ell, Senior Digital Hillerman Fellow
Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 8/1/2018
As my last term as a Hillerman graduate fellow is coming to an end, and as I am wrapping up my last project…
by Darcy Brazen, Digital Hillerman Fellow
Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 8/19/2016
As a Master’s candidate in American Studies at the University of New Mexico, working with Hillerman’s manuscript…
Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 8/1/2018
The sun is out, but the air is cold, very cold. The Hillerman Project team of graduate fellows is back to work after a long and satisfying winter break. The…
Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 8/1/2018
Autumn at the Tony Hillerman Portal hub was a vibrant season full of important and exciting events. The term opened with a new initiative for community outreach…
Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 8/19/2016
Who is Jim Chee? A cop. A Navajo. A scholar. A healer. Unlike Joe Leaphorn, the confident lieutenant who is rational, calculated, and skeptical of traditional…
by Stephanie Mack and Sophie Ell
Originally published on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 6/10/2016
Tony Hillerman is well known for his ability to paint the majestic landscape of the American Southwest; however, the…
Originally posted on Celebrating New Mexico Statehood, 8/19/2016
In Hillerman’s 1980 novel PEOPLE OF DARKNESS, Jim Chee pursues a lead that takes him to Crownpoint Elementary School, the location of the Crownpoint Navajo Rug…