Dine College Celebrates 50 Years (Tribal College Journal)

[Jake Stern]

5. So wonderful.

The only iffy experience I had on the rez was watching them butcher a sheep. Nearly turned me into a vegetarian.

Believe it or not the thing I most enjoyed was during Sunday brunch at the cafeteria. There was an elderly woman who worked there and she would sit with me and tell me stories of her youth while I ate. Much of the time I was the only one there (most went home on weekends).

Another awesome person is Dr. Wilson Aronlith, a professor there. Raised very traditionally. He taught his classes almost exclusively in Navajo so one of my classmates would have to translate for me. He would punctuate his Navajo culture classes with anecdotes. My favorite was when and where he met his wife: at their wedding.