What do you mean the water has eyes and ears like us?

A short piece about some of my work on the Colorado River

“What do you mean the water has eyes and ears like us?” I said to my uncle, his head turned and locked eyes with mine, “Water is alive like us, and as Navajos, we treat it with that respect.” This was not the response my ten-year-old self expected after gloating about how much I loved water parks in the summer. It made sense to hear this from my uncle, …