Date: October 7-11, 2025
Cost: $1050, plus travel to and from Durango, CO (for those flying in)
Registration deadline: September 1, 2025
Location: On Navajoland, near Bluff, Utah
Become better acquainted with Indigenous Peoples, their profound connection to the land we inhabit, and the settler colonial history that is antagonistic to their culture, spirituality, and way of life.
You and your community are invited to engage with contemporary Indigenous realities, explore the histories of Indigenous Peoples, and examine the complexities of Indigenous-settler relations. What might it mean for your community to stand in solidarity with Indigenous Peoples and actively contribute to the work of truth telling and repair?
The experience will be hosted by the Episcopal Church on Navajoland and the Coalition to Dismantle the Doctrine of Discovery, and led by executive director Sarah Augustine and Joe Hubbard, Episcopal priest and convener of the Episcopal Indigenous Justice Roundtable.
The goal of a pilgrim is not to solve but to search, not so much to help as to be present.
– From The “Practice of Pilgrimage” by Emmanuel Katongole and Chris Rice, Reconciling All Things, 2008.
Tentative Itinerary
Tuesday, October 7*
- Arrive at Durango-LaPlata County Airport by 2 pm
- Drive St. Christopher’s Mission
- Dinner
- Orientation with Sarah and Joe
Wednesday, October 8
- Tour of St. Christopher’s Mission (SCM) and orientation
- Elder conversations (Cathy P, Margaret B, Ruth J)
- Lunch
- Elder Circle
- Workshop with Sarah and Joe
- Guided hikes on grounds or down time
- Dinner
Thursday, October 9
- Talking Circle with Mark Maryboy re: environmental
- Travel to Monument Valley with picnic lunch at St. Mary of the Moonlight
- Hogan talking circle with Walter Shorty
- Excursion to Roy Samson Sheep Camp
- Community Meal with Sampsons
Friday, October 10
- Talking Circle with Jason State and Leon Samson re: sustainability
- Travel to Canyon de Chelly, picnic lunch and tour
- Community Meal @ SCM
- Talking Circle with Sarah and Joe
Saturday, October 11
- Send-off with Sarah and Joe
- Depart, driving back to Durango-LaPlata County Airport
*Each morning will begin with breakfast and morning pray. Each day will end with Compline.
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