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On a warm sunny day, we wound up at the Hayden Library on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe. There, we hustled to get to the scheduled “Book Talk” that was buzzing on Facebook. We arrived, and students and others were gathering in the Labriola National American Indian Data Center where the two Diné poets and authors were going to give a book talk.

“I knew Dr. Charles Roessel as Monty, as he was known to so many, since 1984 when we all worked at the Navajo Times together.”

“Although our work is just beginning, we have made real progress to bolster tribal sovereignty, increase access to resources, and remove encroaching federal regulations that stifle prosperity.”  

“As the founder of Freedom House in St. Michaels, Arizona, I’ve seen firsthand how those decisions in Washington, D.C. impact our lives.”