Guest Essay

Out of millions of rock and plants species, I know the Navajo name for rock, plants and only one plant that I can identify and name in Diné language – Tsé, ch’il, and Gad.

It snowed yesterday morning. It was a good down-to-Earth feeling. The dense fog – ahi – a condensation of different forms of water at the base of the Lukachukai mountain range was an absolute good sign.

As Diné (Navajo), we have a distinct culture and language, and time-honored norms, values, and philosophy of life that pre-dates colonial, western ways of being.