Aresta Tsosie-Paddock

Dr. Aresta Tsosie-Paddock (Career Track Assistant Professor) is a Navajo Nation citizen from Sand Springs, Arizona, affiliated with the Leupp Chapter. Fluent in Navajo (her first language), her work focuses on Indigenous sovereignty, language revitalization, and federal policy impacts on tribal nations.

• Clans: Naakai Dine'e/To'aheedliinii (maternal), Biih'bitoo’nii (paternal), with Tl'izi lani and Kinyaa'aanii clan affiliations
• Research spans cultural heritage, Indigenous urbanism, and legal frameworks for tribal governance

Her scholarship addresses the intersections of Navajo epistemology, colonial displacement, and contemporary nation-building efforts.