NaBahii
| Introduction | Bahe, while in his late teen, his community and homelands came under attack after a 1974 federal law partitioned lands, disrupted Díneh-Hopi relations and culture to serve a hidden agenda: forced removal in order to access the massive natural resources. He advocates for the preservation of Díneh pre-historic and historic cultural elements, ecological and religious knowledge, sovereign interventions, and decolonization awareness. He helped lead the effort to form alliances between Díneh and non-Natives. |
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| Interests | Advocates for the preservation of Díneh pre-historic and historic cultural elements, ecological and religious knowledge, sovereign interventions, and decolonization awareness. An independent ethnographer, he documents oral and cultural sites information. Since his youth, Bahe has been immersed in traditional education. Land-based native living reinforced his parents’ and medicine peoples’ teachings, and Bahe has maintained the basic traditional disciplines and ritual practices. He also acquired cultural talent in making bow and arrows, flint knapping, pen and ink drawing, and leather works. |