Biography
Ilene Ryan, is a Diné Institute Fellow and a bilingual teacher at Puente de Hozho Trilingual Magnet School with the Flagstaff Unified School District in Flagstaff, Arizona. The knowledge and wisdom shared by the Native Law Seminar colleagues is humbling and inspiring. I would like to give them credit and to our team leaders for their dedication and commitment in progressing culturally responsive pedagogy and curriculum across the Navajo Nation and its border towns. I am proud to be engaged with them to further our sovereign ideals through education. I am also honored and privileged to work with Marianne October Nielsen, Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northern Arizona University. Thank you for your guidance, feedback and patience. And finally, to Angelina Elizabeth Castagno, the director of the Diné Institute of Navajo Nation Educators, thank you for your unmatched leadership. You are a shining example of promoting social justice, and equality and equity for all. I can be reached at iaryan04@gmail.com with questions and information pertaining to the curriculum unit.