He is in the place where it started and continues. He is in the prayers.
The sun is coming. Blue shadows weave between dark branches of piñon and juniper.
Stars glitter in the cold morning sky. Edison Eskeets walks to the edge of the sandstone cascade called Canyon de Chelly in northern Arizona on the Navajo Nation. He offers his hand to the east.
His untied black hair streaks with gray. It falls around his thin, defined body. His high cheekbones and articulate nose give him a certain handsome nobility. He stands five feet, nine inches and weighs no more than 135 pounds.