Chasing Painted Horses language revitalization It is a modern classic

It is a modern classic

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

a means of living in balance

"History" (Gaa Ezhiwebag)

Chasing Painted Horses language revitalization It is a modern classicWhen 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