Melinda Arviso-Ciocco- BIO PAGE
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Ms. Arviso-Ciocco graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree in Native and Indigenous Studies with a minor in Sociology/Human Service from Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. She is currently the Navajo Cultural Specialist for the Navajo Nation Historic Preservation Department. Her duties include conducting ethnographic surveys, identifying cultural resources that are significantly sacred and valuable to the Navajo Nation; assessing and recommending eligibility of resources for protection under relevant laws of the federal government, conducts interviews with tribal members to obtain information on traditional cultural sites and burial sites prior to any projects construction activity. She also serves as a translator and/or transcriber of the Navajo language to English language and vice versa. She has extensive academic and personal background working with Native communities, economic development, tribal/federal policies, gender inequalities, historical and cultural awareness.
- Last Updated- 2018
