I grew up around Native Americans, at the annual pow wow and through visiting relatives (my Cousin Joe is half Potawatomie). But I was never with a Native American guy, through all my years in college and in West Hollywood, except for the Inuit that Lane and I hooked up with.
When I visited my friend Larry in New Mexico, I was determined to find a Native American guy.
Cruising in Santa Fe proved fruitless -- well, I brought home a cute college boy, but he was Anglo.
Albuquerque, Tucumcari, Roswell, Alamogordo, the same. Lots of Hispanic guys, but not a lot of Native Americans.
So I decided to go to the heartland -- the Navajo Nation.
Semi-autonomous, 27,000 miles in parts of New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah, population 300,000, of whom 170,000 speak the Navajo language. Capital Window Rock, Arizona, population 2,700.
I got a hotel room at the Quality Inn in Window Rock and set out.
Then I realized that I had no idea how to go about it.
I had been planning on cruising in straight bars, but there weren't any in Window Rock.
Not a lot of street cruising, either. No one on the streets. People drove cars and trucks.
There was a string of fast-food restaurants, but I didn't think much cruising went on at McDonald's and Church's Chicken.
The Window Rock itself was a very scenic natural formation, and the Navajo National Museum was interesting, but....Navajo men?
I found a locally-owned Mexican restaurant, but when I went inside, all eyes turned toward me with hostile stares.
In desperation, I asked at the front desk what "activities" there were around. I got a list of dull things like camping, hunting, fishing, the Navajo Nation Zoo, and buying arts and crafts.
Was I being too blatant? Or too desperate?
I spent the evening in online chatrooms.
Nothing.
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In three hours I would be leaving for the airport. And Indian country would be gone forever.
Suddenly I saw a man jogging by himself. In his 20s, tanned, hairy chest.
Good enough. I caught up to him and poured on the erotic energy. "Hot one today, isn't it?" I began, an inane but effective way to start a conversation.
Instead of the usual hostile stare, he smiled.
His name was Ricky, and he worked in human services. I spent four years in human resources, so we talked a bit about the problems of personnel. Then about the problems of meeting people in the Navajo Nation.
"It's all close-knit family groups. You don't get to be friends unless your great-grandparents knew each other. And dating -- forget it -- drive down to Albuquerque."
"So -- you don't have a girlfriend or boyfriend at home?" I asked.
"Just me and my cat."
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He glanced over and smiled. "You want to drop by and meet her?"
You know what followed. Briefly petting the cat, followed by a shower and a bedroom. Nice physique, average beneath the belt gifts.
Then Ricky drove me back to my hotel, so I could check out and drive to the airport.
A nice, unexpected hookup. With only one problem. Ricky was Anglo, too.
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Being winkte is actually bad luck. Is being nadleeh the same? And Navajos are serious about the luck thing. They actually do funerals naked so as not to get the death on their clothes.
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