Navajo
County, Arizona
Newspaper Articles
Salt Lake Telegram
1914-07-29
WHITE WOMAN IS JUDGE OF
NAVAJOS
Mrs. John Wetherill of
Kayenta, Ariz., who came here with the band of Navajo Indians seen in
the Pioneer day parade. Is one of the few white persons who have
succeeded In mastering the Navajo tongue She is one of the Judges of
the tribe, a position of the highest rank among the Indians, there
being no chiefs.
Mrs. Wetherill says that
In the Navajo tribe the women are supreme, woman suffrage having
attained Its highest degree of practice among these Indians. She
believes they are descendants of the cliff dwellers, traditions
concerning the latter being handed down from generation to generation.
Mrs. Bvron Cummings Is
entertaining Mrs. Wetherill and her daughter. The visitors will return
home the latter part of this week.