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3) Navajo
Author
Series
Lexile measure
1060L
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian tribe known as the Navajo, including headman Manuelito and conflicts such as the Second Battle of Fort Defiance"--
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 386 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The most complete and current history of the largest American Indian nation in the U.S., based on extensive new archival research, traditional histories, interviews, and personal observation.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Younger Brother lives in a dry land, and he dreams of finding the wide water of the Pacific Ocean. This gentle coming-of-age story, rooted in the traditional culture of the Navajo, recounts Younger Brother's journey toward finding his vocation as a medicine man. Under the guidance of his uncle, the boy learns about the ancient songs, customs, and ceremonies of his people as well as the modern-day magic of movies and airplanes. Written in the 1930s...
Author
Language
English
Description
It is July 7, 1985, and Indians from across the country are gathered at Big Mountain, Arizona, for the sun dance, a brutal and intensely spiritual ceremony of self-sacrifice. They are gathered to offer strength to the hundreds of Navajo Indians who have refused to be relocated from their homes in this rugged, isolated land in defiance of a government program to settle a land dispute with their neighbors the Hopi Indians. The Wind Won't Know Me takes...
16) My name is Lion
Author
Pub. Date
1970
Physical Desc
46 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Bulletin volume 88
Pub. Date
1963
Physical Desc
xi, 329 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1934
Physical Desc
2 preliminary leaves, iii unnumbered pages-xviii pages, 1 leaf, 261 pages, 1 leaf : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
First in-depth study of the technical aspects of Navaho weaving, plus history of the loom and its prototypes in the prehistoric Southwest, analysis and description of weaves, dyes, and more. Over 230 illustrations, including more than 100 excellent photographs of authentically dated blankets. Indispensable resource for collectors, weavers, ethnologists, more. Foreword by F. W. Hodge. Bibliography.
19) The Navajos
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Reports of the Chaco Center volume no. 4
Pub. Date
1980
Physical Desc
viii, 542 pages : 3 maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
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