Tribal understandings: Jewish and Navajo spiritual leaders speak of sacred lands
Jewish Journal
May 29, 2012
A Reform rabbi, a Navajo medicine man and a professor walk into a museum.
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The Lost Bird
Sandee Brawarsky
September 9, 1999
Yvette Melanson is a woman who might say the Sh\’ma before going to sleep, and in the morning light whisper the Navajo prayer, \”May I walk happily and lightly on the earth.\” Both are deeply felt, authentic expressions of her soul. As she explains, \”I know that I\’m Jewish. I feel Jewish. I\’ve been raised Jewish. I\’m also Navajo.\”
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