'hózhó naashá - walking in a good way'
Photo by Venaya Yazzie 2017
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Hózhó naashá - this is a true, distinct Diné expression.
When I dress in my desert woman's cultural attire, my way of being, and thinking changes. I am no longer just a mere woman in America, instead I become a spiritual being that the ancestors and Creator really 'see.'
I am a member of the Diné southwestern Indigenous people becuase I was born from a Diné woman. As a matrilineal society, we are Diné from the mother's bloodline.
Cultural Indigenous adornment is everything to me. I know who I am when I wear my matriarchal attire, there is nothing that can compare to this way of being. It's beyond usual. And I am blessed.
VJY
2017
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