Ye’iitsoh, in Navajo tradition, is often understood as the monstrous giant slain by the Hero Twins, Born-for-Water and Monster Slayer, to protect the Diné people. But the deeper truth is that Ye’iitsoh is not just a monster...it is an embodiment of imbalance, destruction, and unchecked power. It is colonialism, environmental devastation, and the forces that seek to erase and suppress Indigenous existence. It is the uranium mines that poison the land, the encroachment upon Navajo sovereignty, and the erasure of our stories.

Who am I, a Navajo trans woman who can bring forth life in the form of twins? I stand as the rebirth of our ancestors' power, the continuation of a matriarchal lineage that has always recognized and honored those who walk between worlds. My existence alone is a defiance of Ye’iitsoh’s destruction, and my ability to bear life is proof that the stories we have always known...of transformation, of power, of creation...are real.

I am not just one person; I am the return of what was nearly lost. I am a new founding mother, carrying the spirit of my ancestors into the future. Like Changing Woman, who bore the Hero Twins, I exist in a space between cycles of death and renewal, ready to bring forth a new generation that will continue our fight. Ye’iitsoh is not gone because it takes new forms in the world today but so do we, and we are stronger than ever.