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Words that hurt and words that heal, Part 3

“In the Ute Language nawa (with two dots over the a’s) means ‘together’, something that is shared. This concept of unity is not just the unity of people, it includes everything, the land, the vegetation, and the animals.”

~ Johnny Taylor Valdez

Big horn sheep illustration by Jay Sullivan.

This is a story of nawa. Friends are nawa. They are shared. I have a friend whose name is Bill. Recently I spent a couple of…