From the Archives : Staying on a Navajo sheep ranch
Not even a month into 2022 it was when I found myself on the high red rock desert plateau just outside of Page, Arizona. I find a single wooden sign with an arrow painted on it, showing me the way to the Navajoland sheep ranch. I drive the truck along the plateau’s edge, looking down into the Colorado river and the start of the mighty Grand Canyon. I find the Kyoob, a lone room in the artistic Cubism style. Dogs warmly greet me as my host gives me a quick layout of how things work, and that she will see me in the morning with breakfast. And just like that, I am alone to listen to the wind and explore land I think many white people have not seen…
