Kendrick Manymules

Kendrick Manymules (Diné) is a PhD candidate in the department of Geography. Kendrick is a citizen of the Navajo Nation from Fort Defiance, AZ. He is Honágháahnii, born for Tsi’naajinii. Before beginning doctoral studies, Kendrick received their S.B. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and his Master of City Planning from MIT. Broadly, Kendrick is interested in Indigenous studies, land, and dispossession. His dissertation project is concerned with the Diné land question and seeks to understand how land in the Navajo Nation has been historically constituted and transformed under experiences of settler colonialism. With the support of the BELS fellowship and community, Kendrick aims to understand how federal Indian law and its institutions shape Diné relations with land.