Di'Orr Greenwood with one of her handcrafted skateboards at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington, D.C., June 24, 2024.
WASHINGTON—The first skateboard Di'Orr Greenwood ever rode was a cheap plastic one her grandpa had given to her younger brother.
"He had so much fun on it that I wanted a little bit of that fun, too," she said.
When she was 22, an arson fire left the family home in ashes. They lost almost everything. But Greenwood found some old skateboards unscathed by the fire, and a tool for wood burning that her late uncle had taught her to use.
She began carving Navajo designs on skateboards to bring in money. Fast forward to 2023, and Greenwood's designs were featured on skateboard stamps issued by the U...
