D.A.
Navoti
Multidisciplinary Storyteller
Composer
Writer
NEWS
D.A. Navoti is a multidisciplinary storyteller, composer, and writer of the Gila River Indian Community.
The author and curator of essays, stories, and multimedia exhibits, his artistic work spans three landscapes — written, musical, and visual — a hybrid form maximizing Indigenous futures...Read More
📝 CRAFT Editors' Choice
Jun 2025 - D. A. Navoti’s Residential School Requiem, an excerpt from his memoir-in-progress, One Pima Pilgrim, was selected as an editors’ choice for the 2024 Memoir Excerpt and Essay Contest. Read Residential School Requiem...
🎬 2025 Art Projects Award
Jun 2025 - 4Culture awarded D.A. Navoti an Arts Project grant to produce a series of short films. Learn about the award...
🥇 2025 Literary Award Winner
Jan 2025 - The Tucson Festival of Books awarded D.A. Navoti with the Nonfiction Literary Award for his memoir excerpt One Pima Pilgrim. Learn more...
🎵 CityArtist Grant
Jan 2025 - D.A. Navoti was awarded a CityArtist grant from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. Learn more...