Tag: Dispatches from the Rez

Dispatches from the Rez: Retired and Homesick …by Joseph Day

by stiles • November 30, 2021 • 3 Comments

As some of you may know, for thirty five years, my wife, Janice, the Hopi in the family, and I, the white guy in the family, operated Tsakurshovi, a shop on the Hopi Rez in Arizona. We had a unique…

Cultural Confusion: Adventuring Toward Retirement …by Joseph Day

by stiles • January 31, 2021 • 4 Comments

My wife Janice, the Hopi in the family, and I, the Pahaana in the family, decided to retire. This meant closing Tsakurshovi, our business of 35 years located on the Hopi Indian Reservation at Second Mesa on the outskirts of Janice’s…