This painting integrates the spiritual traditions of the Navajo people with classical Christian theology. Christ stands as the eternal dawn and extends his hands in welcome, blessing, and healing. The wounds of Crucifixion visible on his hands and feet are a reminder of the suffering, and also the resilience, of the Dine (Navajo.)

Christ wears traditional Navajo dress: white trousers, velvet shirt, and silver and turquoise belt and necklace, with his hair pulled back into the Navajo bun. Behind him are two structures of vital spiritual importance to the People: the ritual hogan and the sheep fold. The red rock of Utah on the left and the brown cliffs of New Mexico on the right embody the ancestral homelands. The frame depicts the four sacred mountains as well as plants, animals, and objects sacred to the Navajo.

The painting hangs in the Gathering Room, a space in the Hozho Center for Healing that is set aside for intimate meetings such as small discussion groups, AA meetings, and gatherings to tell the traditional Winter Stories. Participants discuss Christ of the Diné as part of their path toward healing.

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