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Ford and Wayne, travel to its remote reaches, especially a lot of people that come from over-
which is only allowed for those with a Navajo seas. And a lot of them just have the movie,
guide. Meet Bobby Atene of Monument Valley stereotype generalization. So sometimes we do
Safari. He possesses deep knowledge, dedi- have to explain that, you know, that Navajos
cates himself to cultural understanding, didn’t live in teepees and we’re a southwestern
speaks diné bizaad (the Navajo language), tribe,” Bobby said of his motivation. “I think it’s
English and some Spanish. the idea of making people aware of what tribe we
“I think it’s nice to feel like I educate people, are, who we are, what Navajo country is.”

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