Last week, I came across a video of a man introducing himself in Diné. His name is Tyrone Whitehorse—an artist from from Lechee, Arizona, now living in Provo, Utah. I realized that I had never heard anybody speak Diné before. This cast two things into sharp relief: first, Diné was not a dead language. Despite centuries of concerted attempts to kill it, it lives. Second: I lived in Colorado for 12 years, Utah for 10. The fact that I’m just now hearing an indigenous language of land I grew up on
The triumph of speaking Diné 🏜️
The triumph of speaking Diné 🏜️
The triumph of speaking Diné 🏜️
Last week, I came across a video of a man introducing himself in Diné. His name is Tyrone Whitehorse—an artist from from Lechee, Arizona, now living in Provo, Utah. I realized that I had never heard anybody speak Diné before. This cast two things into sharp relief: first, Diné was not a dead language. Despite centuries of concerted attempts to kill it, it lives. Second: I lived in Colorado for 12 years, Utah for 10. The fact that I’m just now hearing an indigenous language of land I grew up on