Verna Volker: Leading By Example With Native Women Running

By Dan Ninham Verna Volker is from the Navajo Nation. “My clans are Tódích’íi’nii (Bitterwater) nishlíi, Hashtl’ishnii (Mud People) bashishchiin,  Ta’neeszahnii (Tangle) dashicheii, and Tó’ áheedlíinii (Water Flows Together) dashinalí,” said Verna. “I am 46 years old,” said Verna. “I live in Minneapolis, but grew up in Northern New Mexico. I have been married for 20 years […]

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