Homeland - Little Herder In Autumn

HOMELAND

The land around my mother’s hogan is big.

It is still.

It has walls of red rocks.

And way, far off the sky comes down to touch the sands.

Blue sky is above me.

Yellow sand is beneath me.

The sheep are around me.

My mother’s hogan is near.

KÉÉHASHTÍNÍGI

Kéyah shimá bighan binaagóó ‘ayóí ániltso.

Tóó doo ‘ííts’a’í da.

Tsé daalchíí go bináz’á.

Doo deighánídi yá séí didii’á nahalin.

Yá dilhi? doot?’izh shkáa’gi.

Séí t’éiyá shiyaagi.

Dibé t’éiyá shinaagóó.

Shinaá bighan t’áá ‘aháni

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Little Herder In Autumn

By Ann Clark

Illustrated by Hoke Denetsosie