“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. 

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