Interview of Kyril Calsoyas
What is your name?
Dr. Kyril Calsoyas
Do you live in Navajoland?
No
Have you ever lived outside Navajoland?
Yes, at Tuba City, Seba Dalkai, Many Farms
Do you work in Navajoland?
Yes, in Seba Dalkai
What is your occupation?
School director and project director
What are your hobbies?
Reading
What do you like the most in your culture?
I am non-Navajo - The beauty way ceremony.
What do you want to preserve in your culture?
Language and traditional ceremonies.
Do you think other cultures know about yours?
Yes, Navajo culture is well known.
What do they know about it?
Desert life, weaving, silver work.
What would you like to share the most with other cultures?
Traditional belief systems.
What do you think about exchanges between the Dine and other cultures? Exchanges are useful for Dine’ people to learn about other ways of life and to help them understand the value of their own culture
Do you think Art can link people from different cultures?
Yes, Dine’ people are excellent peacemakers.
Would you like to discover Art from other cultures?
Yes
Do you think other cultures can support the Dine Culture/Tradition/Social Preservation? Yes, by appreciating the Dine’ culture.
We support Traditional Preservation of the Dine including Environment, Culture, and Social Preservation, what are the great objectives for you to keep the Dine people on that way?
Continue the practice of ceremonies.
Would you like to know about the Tradition and Modernity Preservation of other cultures?
Yes