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Anya Montiel

Anya Montiel is a curator in the history and culture department at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. She received her doctoral and master’s degrees in American Studies from Yale University and her bachelor’s degrees in Native American Studies and anthropology from the University of California, Davis.

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Various Pride flags (rainbow, transgender, equality, LGBTQ+ people of color, and love rainbow) displayed alongside the Navajo Nation flag in Window Rock, Arizona. (Photo by Pamela J. Peters (Diné)/Táchii’nii Photography, used with permission)

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