Jack Utter, PhD, JD, works for the Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources. Author of American Indians: Answers to Today’s Questions, numerous Federal Indian Law essays, and a booklet, Wounded Knee and the Ghost Dance Tragedy, he is privileged to have numerous Navajo elder in-laws who have shared traditional information with him for 20 years.
Jack Utter
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Not an Owl, Crow, or Coyote Be: The Navajo Creation Narrative for Day and Night
There was a string of muffled knocks at the front door. It was a few minutes past 11:00, during the fullest moon and coldest night of January. The temperature was 12 degrees and falling …
