Dr. Karletta Chief – Women’s Plaza of Honor
April 11, 2022
Dr. Karletta Chief was awarded a personalized bench in the Women’s Plaza of Honor during a ceremony on April 11, 2022, in recognition of her leadership, research and scholastic achievements. Much of Dr. Chief’s outreach is focused on environmental justice in Native American and Indigenous communities.
The Women’s Plaza of Honor is a space created by the UArizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Department of Gender and Women’s Studies. Dr. Chief’s personalized bench was unveiled in a private ceremony this spring. The College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Department of Environmental Science, the James E Rogers College of Law, and the Haury Program coordinated this recognition as a tribute to Dr. Chief’s outstanding contributions to the UArizona community.
“It is an unexpected and tremendous honor,” Dr. Chief said. “I am indebted and thankful to Gender and Women’s Studies for making a space for women to be honored on campus. I stand on the shoulders of all the women before me including Adzáá Tó’díchíínii, my great-great grandmother, who through her weaving survived the internment camp at Bosque Redondo during the Long Walk by weaving beautiful Navajo rugs and exchanging them for food. Now as a professor, wife, and mother, I strive to give back to future generations of women leaders!”
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