It is a disappointment that Jonathan Nez went to Israel, a foreign land, to visit the "Holy Lands". He claims that his trip was funded privately, but he did not go in his private capacity. Instead he went in his "official capacity" as Navajo Nation President, as a representative of the Navajo People, and the Navajo Nation. It's disappointing that our elected-leader considers a foreign land as the Holy Land. What about the Holy Land of the Navajo? I am not talking about Jerusalem. I am talking about all the sacred sites in between and around the four sacred mountains that our ancestors considered sacred. Mr. Nez and Mr. Lizer both need a basic history lesson on role of the Christian Church in the European Genocide of Native America. If he hasn't looked around, he has been elected to lead the largest Native American tribe in the US. He was not elected to lead a European fraternity, or a City Parish, but a Native American nation. Nez and Lizer are not good role models for our young Dine. By visiting and calling foreign lands as the Navajo Holy Lands, they add to our People's confusion about Dine tribal identity. Last year, Vice President Lizer publicly denounced the Gay and Lesbian Community on television. (Click on video below) Lizer stated, "I just go back to the truth of the Bible and what does that say, God's always my bottom line whenever I am in doubt". I am not sure if the Lesbian and Gay Community continue to support Lizer-Nez Administration, but there are some Lesbian and Gay Community members in their cabinet. It bewilders me, but it's just plain wrong for a Native American leader to call some foreign land the “Holy Lands”. Has this leader lost touch with himself and his people?
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