Navajo Conversation

What an incredible experience! We were driving down highway 89 near Page, Arizona when we saw a pull-off for a small canyon. While there, we had a fascinating conversation with a Navajo woman who touched our hearts deeply.
She was busy finding just the right beads and seeds in her square wooden box for a piece of jewelry she was making. We began talking and she was gracious and kind enough to let us video her as we asked questions about the
Navajo Reservation.
The Navajo Nation has a land base of 27,000 square miles and extends into Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. The Reservation is roughly the size of West Virginia. The Navajo Reservation is the largest in the U.S. The Navajo Nation has a population of over 300,000 and established a
tribal government in1923.
Beginning in the spring of 1864, around 9,000 Navajo men, women, and children were forced too walk over 300 miles to Fort Sumner, New Mexico for internment at Bosque Redondo. The results were tragic since the government failed to provide adequate water, wood, provisions and
livestock for the 4-5,000 people. This was known as the “long walk.”
Many on the reservation Stu and I visited, still live in hogans-male and female hogans-depending upon the ceremonies being performed. Trey, our Horseshoe Bend Canyon tour guide, told us his grandparents lived in a hogan for 42 years which the family just dismantled a week ago.
Trey took us inside a hogan his family rebuilt a couple of weekends ago. The principle of 4 is prevalent in Navajo lore and the hogan had four main timbers (they were pine with cedar higher and huge). The hogan has a fireplace in the middle of the dirt floor for cooking and heat.
Trey spoke of becoming a spiritual crystal leader and told us no one yet uses him for healing because he is so young. He gained his powers by praying and seeing a Gila monster. A friend knew of the location of a Gila monster so they both went to the place and prayed outside
of the Gila’s “house.” The Gila appeared, crawled up Trey’s arm and rested its head on his shoulder. They prayed together. When Trey holds a crystal now in his hand and looks into a fire, he has an out-of-body experience and can clearly see the fire and Gila standing with him.
Trey was scared the first few times he experienced this phenomenon but recognizes the great power he has which requires him to think only good of everyone and to live a clean life.

[@ann3apr1l81]

Thats my grandma!!!

[@s1r3n1971]

I wish I could hear her, she's speaking knowledge.

[@tristannez7302]

They have respect or do you mean we have respect ✊ for the mountains ⛰. Back then no running water, no electricity and That made us stronger nowadays everything’s in the witching distance. Thanks for sharing

[@tristannez7302]

Very difficult situation of living back then but-but the benefit it made you stronger. Nowadays everything is this and reaching distance.

[@germaineprien7691]

Its a huge misconception that they have any luxuries out there, or even the basics that we take for granted.

[@urmom1983]

Thank you for thisss I love thissss

[@oceanpoincare]

She’s so cute 🥺🥺🥺

[@katelynbillie3989]

That my grandma to

[@jeffreyhawthornegoines8727]

It seems very interesting, but I can barely hear the ladies

[@JanSparkles1]

Can't hear what she is saying and my volume is maxed out! Subtitles would have been nice. Oh well.

[@kingbrolykingofallsayains3354]

Ya'at'eeh doo ahehee shimasani.

[@josemanuelbrunoantunez3531]

Navajo hoppi.gran cañoñ

[@shirleyyazzie7706]

Could barely hear, she needs microphobe

[@heavinhellandearth5309]

Roboat

[@heavinhellandearth5309]

Apostlic