Annie Dodge Wauneka's Death
Born (Birthday) April 11, 1910
Death Date November 10, 1997
Age of Death 87 years
Cause of Death Alzheimer's Disease
Profession Politician
The politician Annie Dodge Wauneka died at the age of 87. Here is all you want to know, and more!
Biography - A Short Wiki
Leader of the Navajo Nation tribe who worked to improve the health and education of her people, while serving on the National Tuberculosis Association. She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 by Lyndon B. Johnson for her important work.
She grew up on a Navajo reservation in Arizona, her father one of the most influential members of the tribe.
She was 87 and lived in Klagetoh, in northeast Arizona. The cause was Alzheimer’s disease, said Ted Rushton, a spokesman in Window Rock, Ariz., the Navajo capital.