"Virginia Brown, a 69-year-old elder, recalls her traumatic experience: “I was forced into a boarding school when I was six years old. They cut off all our long hair and washed our mouths out with soap if they caught us speaking Navajo.”

This resulted in a generational gap in traditional knowledge and language that the Navajo are desperately trying to reclaim."

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/apr/06/navajo-nation-the-fight-for-cultural-survival-photo-essay

Navajo Nation: the fight for cultural survival – photo essay

Rick Findler, photographer and Joan Wakelin bursary recipient, speaks to Navajo communities attempting to save a language and traditions that are being diluted by modern life

The Guardian