Diné
She/Her/Asdzą́ą́n
My name is Mariah Holiday, my roots stem from the Diné (Navajo) Tribe. Throughout the Diné (Navajo) community we understand each other’s background by introducing ourselves with our four birth-given clans. I am Red Running into Water Clan (Nóóda’í Dine’é Táchii’nii) and born for the Black Sheep Clan (Díbéłzhíní) and my maternal grandfather is of the Many Goats People Clan (Tł’izí lání) and my paternal grandfather is of the Folded Arm People Clan (Bit’ahnii).
I graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor’s of Environmental Science from Northwest Indian College. Since then I have been immersing myself within tribal communities encouraging cultural revitalization and understanding our responsibility to our relationship with the land. I have been fortunate and honored to have been able to work with Coast Salish and First Nations Tribes within their traditional homelands. I have assisted with research and revitalization of ancestral Clam Gardening beds, in which they harvest their traditional foods for potlucks. My experiences and shared teachings from the communities I have associated myself with has helped mold my ever growing philosophy and mission in life.
Currently, I am fulfilling my mission to support my community. I am an aspiring Doula, working to provide affordable doula assistance and services to Indigenous mothers and families in rural areas within the Navajo Nation. Through this service, I am striving to reconnect traditional medicines/values to the spiritual phenomenon of a birth.
In my free time I love to be outdoors, reading in a hammock, lounging with my cat, or being in the presence of my family.
In my free time I love to be outdoors, reading in a hammock, lounging with my cat, or being in the presence of my family.