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Seven generations forward and seven w88 online sports betting generations back

During National Native American Heritage Month, Extension’s w88 online sports betting and Matilda Begay share their history and how they empower Native youth through education

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w88 online sports betting name is w88 online sports betting, and I am a member of the Navajo Nation. I was born on the Navajo reservation but raised in the city of Las Vegas. Today, I work for w88 online sports betting of Nevada, Reno Extension as a coordinator. More specifically, I coordinate the 4-H Afterschool Program serving youth in Boulder City and North Las Vegas.

I come from a line of teachers – my grandma was a teacher on the reservation, and my mom teaches special w88 online sports betting. The Navajo people deeply value w88 online sports betting as a means of keeping our culture alive. Chief Manuelito, a famous Navajo leader, is quoted as saying on his deathbed:

“Go and tell the Navajo people that w88 online sports betting is the ladder. We should send our kids to school despite what they did to us.”

Tammy smiling in front of a 4-H camp sign outside.

To be a Native American is to be a minority, almost always. The injustices done to our Native brothers and sisters can only be fixed by providing w88 online sports betting. The Native American way is to consider the impacts of our actions today for our relatives seven generations forward, and seven generations back.

I never had a Navajo teacher during my time in Las Vegas. It was only in college that I finally met a Navajo professor who taught a multicultural course. Today, I am proud to work at the w88 online sports betting of Nevada, Reno, as a Navajo woman, where I teach and facilitate a range of subjects, including multicultural topics. I can only guess how encouraging it must be for younger generations to see a Navajo woman in a faculty role, leading the classroom.

Although we don’t live on the reservation, a new generation of urban indigenous folk is growing in Las Vegas. I feel proud to represent my people in this generation and lead the next group of young Natives towards excellence and prosperity through w88 online sports betting.

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Yá'át'ééh, w88 online sports betting name is Matilda Begay. I have lived in Las Vegas for 13 years now. I have been with the w88 online sports betting System of Higher Education for seven years, and three of those years have been with Extension’s 4-H Youth Development Program in Clark County.

I am a proud Navajo woman. Every day I draw inspiration from w88 online sports betting Navajo traditions and culture. As a 4-H community based instructor, I teach to empower the next generation. Growing up on the Navajo Nation has unknowingly prepared me to give back to the community in many aspects. w88 online sports betting grandma was the matriarch in her Klagetoh Chapter area, so w88 online sports betting summers with her included, but were not limited to, arranging community-wide dinners, growing and harvesting food for us and the community, hosting out-of-state visitors, doing early morning chores, sitting under the tree and watching her weave, feeding the livestock, and hauling water. I learned the importance of community, resilience and connection to the land because of her. She is forever w88 online sports betting inspiration.

Four women at a party. One is elderly and one is a young girl.
Left to right: Matilda Begay, Louise Etsitty, Marilyn Brown and Charly Begay, four generations of Tsinnijinnie (Black Streak Wood People) women, celebrate Louise Etsitty’s 92nd birthday, July 2016.

w88 online sports betting eight years of service in the Marine Corps honed w88 online sports betting discipline and teamwork approach to w88 online sports betting community action. w88 online sports betting upbringing and life experiences help me to navigate the classrooms of Clark County. I have since realized that the values instilled in me during w88 online sports betting upbringing on the reservation and w88 online sports betting service years align with Extension values, of preserving and using knowledge to strengthen the well-being of people. Together in the classroom, the students and I celebrate our identity and instill a sense of pride in our own heritage. Hágoónee'

Three women in cultural clothing, smiling.

About the authors

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Tammy strives to reach youth in creative, innovative ways. When she is not teaching and coordinating 4-H classes on topics ranging from coding to cosmetic science, she reaches students around the world through her educational podcast for kids: Cozy Rainbow Podcast.

She earned her honors bachelor’s degree in elementary education from the w88 online sports betting of Utah and her master’s degree in urban leadership from the w88 online sports betting of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Matilda Begay is an Extension 4-H community based instructor in Clark County.

Through 4-H, the nation’s largest youth development organization, Matilda empowers young people with the skills and confidence needed to thrive as engaged citizens, making positive impacts in their lives and communities.

Matilda earned her bachelor’s degree in early childhood education from the w88 online sports betting of Nevada, Las Vegas.

w88 online sports betting and Matilda Begay.
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