What is a yazzie?

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yazzie is a name, derived from the Navajo word yázhí [jáʒ̊í] meaning “little” and may refer to: Yazzie Johnson (born 1946), Navajo jeweler living in northern New Mexico.

What tribe is Aaron Yazzie from?

Yazzie is Ashįįhí (Salt Clan) and born for Todích’íi’nii (Bitter Water Clan). He was born in 1986 in Tuba City, Arizona, part of the Navajo Nation, and raised in Holbrook, Arizona, where his father was a civil engineer and his mother was a math teacher.

What kind of last name is Yazzie?

Yazzie is a Navajo surname derived from the word, yazhi, meaning ‘little’.

When was Aaron Yazzie born?

1986 (age 35 years)
Aaron Yazzie/Date of birth

What are some Navajo last names?

Yazzie.

Why is Aaron Yazzie famous?

Aaron Yazzie is a Mechanical Engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California where he designs mechanical systems for NASA’s robotic space research missions, with a focus on Planetary Sample Acquisition and Handling. His most extensive contributions are for missions to the planet Mars.

Do Navajo have last names?

Navajo Last Names. The Navajo tribe of Native America inhabited the Southwestern United States. In the Navajo Nation, the surnames were descriptive names or clan names adapted to the English language.

Who is the most famous Navajo Indian?

Famous Navajo

• Manuelito a.k.a. Hastiin Ch’ilhaajinii (1818-1893) – One of the principal war chiefs of the Diné people before, during and after the Long Walk Period.
• Geraldine Keams, actress, writer, and storyteller.
• R. C.
• Blackfire, punk rock band and pow wow drum group.
• Albert Laughter, Navajo medicine man.
• Navajo Nation.

What did Aaron Yazzie invent?

Yazzie was the lead engineer for the Rover’s drill bits that it will use to search for ancient microbial life on Mars. Aaron is Diné (Navajo), from a small community bordering the Navajo Nation in Northern Arizona.

https://www.youtube.com/c/YazzieTheChefTV

Where does the last name Yazzie come from?

Pennsylvania had the highest population of Yazzie families in 1920. Use census records and voter lists to see where families with the Yazzie surname lived. Within census records, you can often find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, and occupations. What did your Yazzie ancestors do for a living?

What was the most common occupation for a Yazzie?

Some less common occupations for Americans named Yazzie were Farm Laborer and Farmer. *We display top occupations by gender to maintain their historical accuracy during times when men and women often performed different jobs.

What was the life expectancy of a Yazzie in 1947?

Between 1947 and 2004, in the United States, Yazzie life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1954, and highest in 1998. The average life expectancy for Yazzie in 1947 was 44, and 61 in 2004.

How many immigration records are there for the name Yazzie?

There are 18 immigration records available for the last name Yazzie. Passenger lists are your ticket to knowing when your ancestors arrived in the USA, and how they made the journey – from the ship name to ports of arrival and departure. There are 1,000 military records available for the last name Yazzie.