Crowning achievement
Tashina Nelson named Miss Navajo 2009-2010

Nineteen-year-old Tashina Nelson of Round Rock, far right, reacts to learning she has been selected Miss Navajo 2009-2010 in Window Rock on Saturday. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Adron Gardner

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Karen Francis
Diné Bureau

WINDOW ROCK — During the Miss Navajo Nation 2009-2010 competition, Tashina Nelson carried a Navajo dictionary around with her.

“It helped a lot. It helped improve my Navajo. That’s why I carried around a Navajo dictionary,” she said.

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