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4) Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Big Buddy Books, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Easy-to read text and oversized photographs introduce readers to the Navajo and their traditions including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more.
5) Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education/Creative Paperbacks
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An introduction to the Navajo lifestyle and history, including their forced relocation and how they keep traditions alive today. A Navajo story recounts how two brothers saved humanity.
Series
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
The popular hero of several Tony Hillerman best-sellers, Navajo cop Jim Chee, is a student of the old ways who wanted to be a medicine man before he became a lawman. Now as a cop covering the Arizona Territories belonging to the Hopi and Navajo Indians, he's torn between both worlds. When the badly mutilated victim of a Navajo skinwalker is found on Hopi land, Chee is suddenly plunged into a world of mystery filled with drug dealers, F.B.I. agents,...
11) Skinwalkers
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
"Detective Leaphorn trusts hard facts. Officer Chee trusts ancient tradition. Their beliefs will be tested as they try to catch a mysterious killer." --container.
Author
Publisher
Utah State University Press
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"Navajo Oshley's oral memoir is set on the northern frontier of Navajo land, principally in the San Juan River basin in southeastern Utah and northeastern Arizona. Born sometime between 1879 and 1893, he tells of his early life near Dennehotso, southeast of Monument Valley, and of his travels, before there were roads or many towns, north along Comb Ridge and across the San Juan to Blue Mountain. A sheepherder, he cared for the herds of his extended...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Spanish Slavers were an ever-present threat to the Navaho way of life. One lovely spring day, fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird took their sheep to pasture. The sky was clear blue against the red buttes of the Canyon de Schelly, and the fields and orchards of the Navahos promised a rich harvest. Bright Morning was happy as she gazed across the beautiful valley that was the home of her tribe. She tumed when Black Dog...
Author
Publisher
Newbery Award Records
Pub. Date
c1973.
Language
English
Description
Fourteen-year-old Bright Morning and her friend, both Navajos, are kidnapped by Spanish slave traders and forced to work in a Mexican village as household slaves, then return to Canyon de Chelly, only to face a new threat from the white man.
18) Navajo
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
"Within this carefully researched and detailed account of the Navajo people, readers will learn the origins and history of what is today the largest reservation-based Native American group in North America. The experiences of generations of Navajo have culminated in a people that today are fiercely proud of their heritage and of protecting their traditions and way of life in the modern world. This fascinating story invites readers to understand the...
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