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Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Language
English
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"The Navajo tribe, the Diné, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. But over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Diné people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 marked the 150th anniversary of the Navajos' return to their homelands. One Navajo family and their community decided to honor that return. Edison Eskeets...
6) Code talker
Author
Publisher
Dial Books
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
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Description
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.
Author
Publisher
Filter Press
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Kokopelli the Cicada leads the Ant People from the Dark World up to various other worlds and finally to the Green World, helping teach them along the way what they will need to know to survive and thrive there as the First People.
Author
Publisher
Child's World
Pub. Date
c2016
Language
English
Description
"Introduces the Native Nations of the Southwest, including historical details and highlights from contemporary culture and economic life. The tribes covered in this title are Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pima, Pueblo, Quechan, Tohono O'odham, and Zuni"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An award-winning author and veteran mountain climber takes us deep into the Southwest backcountry to uncover secrets of its ancient inhabitants. In The Lost World of the Old Ones, David Roberts expands and updates the research from his 1996 classic, In Search of the Old Ones. As he elucidates startling archaeological breakthroughs, Roberts also recounts his past twenty years of far-flung exploits in search of spectacular prehistoric ruins and rock-art...
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