Kay Curley Bennett

**Kay Curley Bennett** (1922 - 18 ga Nuwamba, 1997),  wanda aka fi sani da **Kaibah**,    mawakiyar Navajo ce, mai yin 'yar tsana, mawaƙiya, kuma marubuciya. Ta kuma kasance mai fafutuka kuma mai himma sosai a cikin al'ummar Navajo. 

## Rayuwa
An haifi Bennett a wani gidan hogan  a Sheepsprings Trading Post kusa da Sheep Springs, New Mexico a yankin Navajo Reservation .  An haife ta ne a gidan gargajiya na Navajo waɗanda ke kiwon tumaki.  Ta yi karatu a Makarantar Indiya ta Toadlena kuma ta kammala karatunta na firamare a can.  Sannan a shekarun 1930, shirin rage dabbobi na Navajo ya haifar da wahalhalun tattalin arziki ga iyalinta, kuma a shekarar 1935, Bennett ta tafi ta zauna da wani dangin mishan a California .  A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ta yi aiki a Long Beach, California a wata masana'antar jiragen sama. 

Ta koma New Mexico a shekarun 1940 kuma ta zama mai kula da ɗakin kwanan dalibai a Makarantar Indiya ta Toadlena. Daga nan, daga 1947 zuwa 1952, ta yi aiki a Makarantar Indiya ta Phoenix a matsayin malamar makaranta, mai fassara, da kuma shugaban ilimi na musamman.

Ta auri Russell C. Bennett, wani injiniya daga Missouri, a shekarar 1956.  Suna da 'ya'ya mata biyu. An nada Bennett a matsayin Uwar Shekara ta Arizona a shekarar 1968, kuma ita ce mace ta farko 'yar asalin jihar da aka ba wa wannan lambar yabo. 

Daga 1969 zuwa 1972, ta kasance Kwamishinar Kare Hakkin Dan Adam ta New Mexico .  Daga 1974 zuwa 1982, Bennett tana cikin kwamitin gudanarwa na Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial.  Ta kasance mai kula da ɗaliban malamai a wurin ajiyar daga 1976 zuwa 1984.  Bennett ta tsaya takarar Shugaban Navajo Nation a 1984, amma an kore ta kafin zaɓen saboda ba ta zauna a wurin ajiyar ba.  Ta sake tsayawa takara a 1990 a matsayin 'yar takara a rubuce, tana ƙalubalantar ƙa'idodin (waɗanda za a canza daga baya) cewa dole ne 'yan takara su zauna a wurin ajiyar kuma su riƙe, ko kuma sun taɓa riƙe, ofis ko aiki daga ƙabila. Ba ta ci zaɓen ba, amma ta kafa tarihi a matsayin mace ta farko da ta tsaya takarar.  

Bennett ta mutu a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba, 1997 a Gallup, New Mexico,  garin da take zaune. 

## Ayyuka
Duk da cewa Kaibah ta yi amfani da sunan Kay Curley Bennett, sau da yawa tana amfani da sunan Navajo, Kaibah, a matsayin sunan mai zane. 

Ta rubuta littattafai kuma ta zana zane-zane, ta rubuta waƙoƙi, ta yi 'yan tsana na Navajo, ta tsara tufafi, da kuma yin rikodin kiɗa, gami da kiɗan gargajiya na Navajo .  Ita ma mawaƙiya ce  kuma mai tsara tufafi. 

### Kiɗa
Tun daga shekarun 1960, ta buga kundin waƙoƙinta da kanta.  Ta yi waƙoƙi a cikin harsunan Turanci da Navajo . 

#### Kundin Waƙoƙi

* *Kaibah*
* *Waƙoƙin Soyayyar Navajo* (1970)
* *Waƙoƙi daga Ƙasar Navajo* (1992)

### Rubutu

* *Kaibah: Tunawa da Yarinyar Navajo* (1964) tarihin rayuwar Bennett ne game da yarintarta.  
* *Labarin Navajo Saga* (1972)   wani labari ne na tarihi wanda Bennett da mijinta suka rubuta tare.   An lura da shi a matsayin wani labari mai kyau da aka yi bincike a kansa game da tarihin Navajo a shekarun 1860 - gami da Long Walk da Yarjejeniyar Bosque Redondo - daga mahangar Navajo.  
* *Keesh, kyanwar Indiya ta Navajo* (1989) littafi ne na yara, wanda Bennett ya rubuta kuma ya zana.  

## Gado
An nuna wasu daga cikin zane-zanen Kaibah (gami da 'yan tsana) a baje kolin fasaha a Amurka.  An nuna ɗaya daga cikin 'yan tsanarta a Canyon Records, wani kamfanin rikodin 'yan asalin Amurka da ke Phoenix, Arizona. 

## Manazarta