Mae Peshlakai

Mae Peshlakai is Diné, Tingle People Clan, and born for the Deer Water Clan. She is a Navajo elder and survivor of a U.S. Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school. Peshlakai is an accomplished jewelry artisan and weaver and is committed to being the voice of rural and tribal Arizona. Her daughter is former state Senator Jamescita Peshlakai.