“It’s like níłch’i. Níłch’i is the Navajo for air or the wind...but it is more than that. It is holy, and it has power. My grandmother says níłch’i means the Holy Wind Spirit. Everything in the living world communicates through níłch’i. Because of this, the Holy Wind Spirit, níłch’i, sits at the ears of the Diné, or the people, and whispers instructions—tells them right from wrong. People who constantly ignore the níłch’i are abandoned. The ni’ch’i will not remain with them.” Samuel’s eyes became focused again, drawing down on mine. “My grandmother believes that the níłch’i is breathed
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