By: Eric Swedlund
In a message emphasizing the resiliency of the Navajo people, tribal President Joe Shirley spoke to about 200 UA students Thursday, urging them to move on with determination to succeed in their studies and become leaders for the tribe.
Shirley spoke eight days after Mia Henderson was fatally stabbed in her dorm room and her roommate, Galareka Harrison, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder. Both were 18-year-old freshmen from the Navajo Nation.
"We cannot continue to dwell on it. We have to move on," Shirley said. "This is a great teaching from our elders, from our medicine people. What happened has happened and it is unfortunate. It hurts, it makes us cry, it makes us think about a lot of things. But to the best of our ability, spiritually speaking, we must move on."
Without mentioning either woman by name or specifically talking about the homicide and arrest, Shirley talked about how the Navajo people approach the hurt and sorrow of losing loved ones and how to honor them by moving on with life's work.
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