8’’x 30’’ Archival Print.

“Protect the Sacred” references Indigenous people’s connection to their ancestral lands. The symbol in the center of the mural depicts the Navajo Nation seal with fifty projectile points or arrowheads symbolizing the Navajo Nation's protection within the fifty states. The opening at the top of the three concentric lines is considered the East. The lines represent the rainbow and sovereignty of the Navajo Nation. Inside the seal and radiating out from the Buffalo in the center are symbols to represent the Medicine wheel that is used by Native American tribes for health and healing. It represents the four directions and elements to teach us that we need to balance the four aspects of ourselves; the physical, the mental, the spiritual and the emotional.