takeninthedark (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

DKCLAUSCHEE is right! just because youre navajo doesnt mean you know your culture!

ilovezombies13 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Interesting. How sad reading about these Navajos saying that they don't know about their culture. I was born and raised in Navajo belief and Navajo was my first language. There just needs to be a change in attitude towards being culturally bound. There is change in belief...such as NAC (native American church).its NOT NAVAJO!!! not matter how hard you try and say its Navajo, its not.that is destruction of the Navajo way of life. but if that's what you believe that's you, and not me (thank god).

zazoo112 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

We will almost never understand what the skin walker was or is! As native kids we are taught that somethings "U DON'T ASK!" OR EVEN TALK ABOUT! I have grown up on the rez and heard more bad than good in skinwalking. I believe that the reason that we as the Dine are losing our culture and language is because our elders are not making it a top priority in teaching! I am ashamed because I was raised navajo but yet i understand very little and scared because i cannot teach my son they ways of Dine'.

itsalwaysbetter (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

My initial reaction was cautious disapproval; growing up on the rez, I was taught about the Manichean divisions that exist in our belief system. However, Navajo spirituality, its mechanics and components, is complicated. The part, however, that I strongly disagreed with was the trading post link embedded in the video and explanation. I would have preferred to have been directed to the artists' biographies. It is just a matter of context. Overall, I support the tremendous work our artists do.

redstreakrose (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Did you ever consider that the reason they are unable to articulate it is because English is not their first language? It's 'impress' not 'empress'.

Shawnevan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think its great that they are sharing our culture. We tend to be so afraid, its not really a taboo. We need to expose our culture. In actuality our culture is merely a mirror image of other tribe's religious practices. Look at our navajo clan system, there are no more real navajos. Our true bloodline is gone, were either adopted from other tribes and speak navajo or are inter-married. No real navajo. So this is great in my view. Great job, I like to learn about my culture.

SandovalPaulson (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Skin walking was not a bad thing back in the day, it was more of a transportation to pray at the places that where sacred. Now a days the skinwaking are used against other dine. They used the enviroment and still do till this day.

Erickailthomas (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

What the heck this is a TOTAL Bull****!i hate this Documentary!i'm navajo and i hate this!

userdefined04 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I am very bothered about this whole "Documentary" viewing. I don't know much about the whole Skinwalker thing but I don't think this type of thing should not be broadcast. I do agree with the response below. The person asking the questions is leading them on. The interviewer should find somoneelse, someone who is more educated, someone who know more about this kind of stuff.

DKCLAUSCHEE (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

White people need to stop manipulating uneducated Navajos and using that as a basis to define who we are as Navajos! I do not like this person asking them the questions because he's leading them on! Most Navajos don't know their own culture and say anything to empress the white folk. This is the real argument: Just because you know your own language doesn't mean you understand it. I know more about my culture not from speaking Navajo but understanding metaphor and symbolism.