Kat sent me this video. And it encompasses all the Diné I know, as well as some things I didn't know. And, clearly, I didn't know much.

I just wanted to share it with you because it gives you a good idea of what Navajo sounds like. Despite all the time I've spent in Kayenta, Tuba City and on Black Mesa over the past 15 years, I picked up a total of two words.

By contrast, I've been on Lakota lands only a few times and can actually have little conversations. Lakota is easy compared to Diné in my...