Arizona

We're in a Holiday Inn at the base of Canyon De Chelly. It is the second largest Canyon in the United States in Eastern Arizona. We spent the day driving through the Navajo and Hoppi reservations sad that we did not have a way to spend time there are talk to people. We stopped briefly at the Hoppi Cultural Center and Museum. The Hoppi reservation is on the original land of the tribe. They make the most beautiful silver jewelry, woven baskets, and have really unique farming practices that are successful in this arid climate. It's really hard being here - thinking about reservations in general and what they mean for our national history and the native americans living on them now and what their lives are like - thinking about Arizona in general and the immigration law. I'm not quite sure what the thought is exactly but it's been extremely upsetting listening to country music on the radio that glorifies parts of Mexico (women, the beaches etc) while at the same time knowing that those musicians represent, or are idolized, by a community of people who support such a discriminatory law. I know it is more complicated than that but there is something not right about how many somethings exists in Arizona - places of ingrained racial or economic or cultural prejudice maybe.