by Anura Guruge
on July 18, 2024
As you can see from photo above, last year the Supreme Court dealt my Navajo a grievous blow re. water rights. I did do a post about it.
This latest news re. water rights is a much welcome & needed step in the right direction. A small but significant victory. Still a long way to do. But, it makes me HAPPY. I have special empathy for the Navajo. I can relate to them. Decent, good people, unlike some other tribes!
Just two pictures from my 2019 visit to ‘Canyon de Chelly‘ showing how DRY Navajo country is & how it affects everything, including the poor, feral horses.
Click to ENLARGE.
Starting with my first visit to Arizona in 1980, I have spent a LOT of time on ‘Navajo‘ reservations — including over 5 multi-day stays at ‘Canyon de Chelly‘ (still my favorite place in the WHOLE WORLD).
I have a particular & special affinity with the Navajo — the Diné.
I can relate to them & many of them relate to I. Some even say I look Navajo & could pass as one. I have spent a lot of time with them, trying to get to know them. They are lovely, gentle people. I feel so bad as to how they are downtrodden. This is another, inexcusable, blow. The Supreme Court is so arrogant. Nothing little, insignificant ‘I’ can do.
I will just leave you with. A video I was so fortunate in being able to record. A Navajo Morning Prayer.
