Chasing Painted Horses language revitalization were forcibly displaced

were forcibly displaced

this gifted writer displays both her love of the Navajo world and her resonant use of language

deeply humane

always a teacher and an utterly fearless activist

wenipanag: Mii eta dash giwii-nisidawendaan apii boonigidetaazoyan bwaa-waabanjigaadeg maamawigichi-inendaagwag

Chasing Painted Horses language revitalization were forcibly displacedWhen Ralph Thomas comes across graffiti of a horse in an alleyway in the early hours of the morning, he is stopped in his tracks. He recognizes this horse. A half asleep Indigenous homeless man sees Ralph's reaction to the horse and calls out to him. Over the course of a morning's worth of hot coffee on a bitterly cold day, Ralph and the homeless man talk and Ralph remembers a troubling moment from his childhood when an odd little girl, Danielle, drew