Sunny Dooley
Sunny Dooley is a
Biography
Dooley was born to parents Dorothy and Tom Dooley.
In 1979, Dooley graduated from
In 1982, she competed in Miss Navajo Nation. During the competition's skills portion, she told a story about the Changing Woman. She won the competition, becoming Miss Navajo Nation from 1982 to 1983. After the contest, she continued storytelling.[1] She performed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. around 2009.[5] A year later, she published a story called "Mai and the Cliff-Dwelling Birds" in the 2010 book, Trickster: Native American Tales.[9]
As of 2021, Dooley lives in Chi Chil' Tah in a hogan, a traditional log house.[10]
In 2023, she had an acting appearance in the film Frybread Face and Me. In 2024, she served as a cultural advisor and one of the central narrative figures in Johannes Grenzfurther's documentary Hacking at Leaves.
References
- ^ JSTOR 24586177. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-4671-2567-3. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "N.M. Navajo Woman 25th BYU Miss Indian". Albuquerque Journal. 7 April 1985. p. C8. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ ProQuest 471990455. Retrieved 12 December 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ ProQuest 189983934. Retrieved 12 December 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b "Storyteller shares Navajo lore of revered, scarce horned lizard". Austin American-Statesman. 11 February 1992. p. B2. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ^ "Sunny Dooley: Miss Navajo Nation Plans Two-Day Stay in Flagstaff". Arizona Daily Sun. 8 February 1983. p. 7. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Navajo Miss Selected as Miss Indian BYU". The Daily Herald. 24 March 1985. p. 4. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
- ProQuest 1125706094. Retrieved 12 December 2021 – via ProQuest.
- ISBN 978-1-948814-54-6.