Pinedale, New Mexico

Pinedale is an unincorporated community in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States (35.56252, -108.43813). Its Navajo name is Tό Bééhwiisgání.

It was the home of Hastiin Jeff King, a Navajo singer (medicine man).

It was the birthplace in 1917 of noted Navajo print artist Gerald Nailor, Sr. (Toh Yah).

Notable residents

• Raphael Martin, Chapter President, Pinedale; Medicine Man^{[citation needed]}
• Lawrence T. Morgan, Speaker of the House of the Navajo Nation Council
• Titus Jay Nez, Soloist^{[citation needed]}Navajo Shoegame: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_music
• Jeff King, Medicine Man

Sources

(Nailor) http://www.artoftheprint.com/artistpages/nailor_gerald_birdstudy.htm (Titus Jay Nez) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_music

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