Radmilla A. Cody | |
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 Radmilla Cody sings The Star-Spangled Banner in Navajo at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida (2002) | |
| Born | 1975 |
| Nationality | Navajo1 (Tłʼááshchíʼí nilǫ́ǫ Naakaii Łizhiní yáshchíín) |
| Citizenship | Navajo Nation and United States |
| Known for | Miss Navajo Nation, Traditional singer, Anti-domestic violence activist |
| Title | 46th Miss Navajo Nation |
| Term | 1997–1998 |
| Predecessor | Josephine Ann Tracy[1] |
| Successor | Sevaleah Begay Tsosie |
| Website | www.radmillacody.com |
| Notes | |
1. As a matrilineal society, the Navajo Nation does not consider one's paternal lineage for questions of traditional membership.[2] | |
Radmilla A. Cody (born 1975) is a Navajo model, singer, and anti-domestic violence activist who was the 46th Miss Navajo from 1997 to 1998.[3]
She was the first biracial Miss Navajo and thus so far the only Miss Navajo partially of African-American heritage, her nomination sparked considerable debate over Navajo identity.[3] After her tenure, allegations of drug-trafficking and involvement in money-laundering, resulting in her subsequent arrest and imprisonment, led to verbal racial attacks as well as support.
- ^ Miss Navajo Council / Naabeehó bichʼeekęʼ. Archived September 8, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Accessed 15 July 2010.
- ^ Witherspoon, Gary. Navajo Kinship and Marriage. University of Chicago Press. Chicago, IL:1975. p.41.
- ^ a b March 7, Leo W. Banks (March 7, 2011). "An Unusual Miss Navajo". hcn.org.
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