Quotes from Navajo Studies Conference, 2009

"...states that the Navajo are disconnected and separated by chain link fences and it is not the Navajo Way. We are a social, connected people and we are denying our ways, our blood and we cannot be successful in the European ways. We have the ingredients to be successful but we deny it. We need to not redefine ourselves but rediscover ourselves.

White American Values: We see the problems in the Navajo Nation. All Indigenous peoples have an attempt in language revitalization; need to stop switching to English. Schools are now the home to teach the language. Navajo has always been diverse and always have been a challenge to unify.
Indigenous peoples have adopted other ways and have inherited more problems. We have instilled the idea in ourselves as a people that the “white” way is better and we are still struggling to adapt to their government."

Thoughts to think about...