I’m working on a campaign called “Rethink Dine Power” to get Navajo youth engaged in activism in their communities. This is a tough project as neither of us are from the Navajo Nation, nor Navajo, nor speak Navajo. Since we’re new, we’re pushed to the back of a lot of people’s filing cabinets and our work is taking quite longer than I would have hoped due to meetings being pushed back, etc. Plus, due to previous tensions between local environmental groups, between local environmental groups and outsiders, and the Navajo Nation and outsiders, we’ve unknowingly grabbed very short end of the stick.
I don’t expect to be treated like a princess, by any means, so hopefully this blog will help to relieve some of the frustration around genuinely good-hearted efforts. Unfortunately, not a lot of accurate press is out about our efforts, either.
