You can almost count all the motels on the Navajo Nation on two hands. But that doesn’t mean there’s nowhere to stay. Verna Yazzie shows off one of the three hogans she rents out on Airbnb at her home in Monument Valley.
Enterprising Diné from Shiprock to Coppermine are opening up their homes, sheep camps and hogans to curious tourists hoping to get a glimpse of real Navajo life — and doing quite well, thank you.