Leavengood is author of Grand Canyon Women, published by the Grand Canyon Association in 2004.
Presentation Abstract...
Native American Women at the Grand Canyon:
Leavngood will talk about Native American women associated with the Grand Canyon that she included in her book, Grand Canyon Women. The women are: Nampeyo, a Hopi potter, who was the first person to live and work at Hopi House; Geraldine Williamson of the Hualapai Tribe who lived and farmed in the Grand Canyon at Peach Springs Canyon and later worked as a Harvey Girl; Loretta Jackson, also a member of the Hualapai Tribe, who is the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer and works to identify and protect sacred sites in the Grand Canyon; Phyllis Yoyetewa Kachinhongva, a Hopi/Apache woman who grew up with her grandparents at the Grand Canyon and is now an interpretative ranger on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon; Jean Mann, an outstanding Navajo weaver, who lived at the Grand Canyon and demonstrated weaving at the Visitor's Center for 10 years; a Havasupai women, Ethel Jack, who led the fight for her tribe to regain their tribal lands on the South Rim; and Ila Bulletts who monitors 20 sacred sites in the Grand Canyon in her position as Acting Cultural Resource Program Director of the Kaibab Paiute Tribe.