Navajo Quotes

18 quotes from 16 authors

The Navajo worldview weaves language and landscape; 18 excerpts from 16 voices echo that blend. A retired lieutenant’s quiet toast‑crumb moment and a verb‑like road idea show travel as cultural lesson. For broader Indigenous wisdom or Native American storytelling, see Indigenous Wisdom and Native American Folklore pages.

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I stand with the Navajo Nation and call upon the U.S. Government to do what is right and clean up this mess.

Erin Brockovich

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“Stallions," Frank said, "they're fightin' over a girl. - DANIEL'S ESPERANZA”

Veronica Randolph Batterson

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You don't sing with harmony cause you want to hear it, you sing with harmony because you feel it. That's tradition.

Anonymous

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As Navajo Nation President, Albert Hale worked to provide a greater voice for Chapters in Tribal government.

Ben Ray Lujan

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“The function of the artist,' the Navajo answered, 'is to provide what life does not.”

Tom Robbins

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We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not…

Rick Renzi

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I always have one or two, sometimes more, Navajo or other tribes' cultural elements in mind when I start a plot. In…

Tony Hillerman

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The Navajo have that wonderful image of what they call the pollen path. The Navajo say, 'Oh, beauty before me, beauty behind…

Joseph Campbell

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“Navajo Police lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, retired, paused for effect, pushing away the plate of toast crumbs and empty packets of grape jelly…

Anne Hillerman

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“The United States Navy, during the war, used Navajos as "code-talkers" who relayed messages from ship to ship, talking in Navajo (a…

Michael Lesk

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“One of the many facets of Navajo culture that appeals to me is the lack of value attached to vengeance. This ‘eye…

Anne Hillerman

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“When you turn around, you'll see something I bet you've never seen before. If it takes your breath away, then you'll fit…

Veronica Randolph Batterson

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I'd like to invoke the Native American Navajo because their word for road is used as a verb. Their whole relationship to…

Anne Waldman

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“George Arthur, a tribal council delegate, spoke on behalf of the tribe. Arthur was a chairman, too, of the Navajo legislature's resources…

Judy Pasternak

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“At Kayenta we were told that the entire Navajo Indian reservation was dry; you couldn't get a drop of alcohol anywhere. Not…

Herman Koch

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“Polygamy was common [amongst the Navajo], but women had superior property rights, owning sheep and the houses. A man who deserted his…

Timothy Egan

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My wartime experiences developing a code that utilized the Navajo language taught how important our Navajo culture is to our country. For…

Chester Nez

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The Navajo Code Talkers were Marines and heroes who helped secure victory in WWII. We owe them a debt that can never…

Ruben Gallego

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