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Melanie K. Yazzie


Melanie K. Yazzie (Diné) is an assistant professor in the Departments of Native American Studies and American Studies at the University of New Mexico. She also organizes with The Red Nation, a grassroots, Native-run organization committed to the liberation of Indigenous people from colonialism and capitalism. She is lead editor of Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society, an international journal committed to public intellectualism and social justice.