“My dad always teaches me spiritual Navajo words, while my mom teaches common Navajo phrases, and my older brother always helps me with sounding out Navajo words, especially words that are difficult to say.”

Connecting with the Navajo Language
with Kohl Simpson Steamboat, Arizona
by Keanu Simpson
Yá’át’ééh shí ’éí Kohl Simpson yinishyé. Shí ’éí Naakaii Dine’é nishłí, Tł’ááshchí’i bashishchiin, Tsénjikiní ’éí dashicheii adóó Bit’ahnii ’éí dashinálí. I am from Steamboat, Arizona. My parents are Kuni Simpson and Terrilynn Begay. I am currently in high school at Ganado, and I’m 18 years old.
