Seeds of memory: How a Navajo student is planting culture and community at ASU (opens in new tab)

When Chandlee Begay sits down to eat the foods of his tribe, he isn’t simply satisfying hunger. Each bite becomes a quiet act of remembrance, a thread connecting him to generations who walked the same mesas, gathered the same herbs and shared stories over similar meals. The flavors carry echoes of his ancestors — their resilience, their celebrations, their prayers. In that moment, the meal is more than sustenance; it is ceremony, gratitude and a living homage to the people whose footsteps sti...