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Author
Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Brian Young's ... debut novel tells of a seemingly ordinary Navajo boy who must save the life of a Water Monster--and comes to realize he's a hero at heart."--Publisher's description.
12) Navaho legends
Publisher
University of Utah Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
"Navaho Legends is one of the earliest collections of Navajo oral traditions in English, and still the best." "Originally published in 1897, this sensitive translation by Washington Matthews (1843-1905) contains an extensive version of the Origin Legend plus two other tales. These richly detailed legends remain among the most complete sources of Navajo cultural, ritual, and ceremonial information." "This edition is fully faithful to the original,...
Author
Language
English
Description
"No Native American groups placed more emphasis on the horse in their lives than did the Navajo and Apache of the Southwest. They Sang for Horses examines how storytellers, singers, medicine men, and painters created the animal's evolving symbolic significance by adapting existing folklore and cultural symbols. Exploring the horse's importance in ceremonies, songs, prayers, customers, and beliefs, Clark investigates the period of the horse's most...
19) Coyote & bobcat
Publisher
Garlic Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
A Navajo tale that tells how the coyote and bobcat gained their shapes.
Author
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press
Pub. Date
1987, c1984
Language
English
Description
This unusual book is an introduction to Navajo culture by a storyteller. Steeped in the lore of the Navajo reservation, where she worked as a teacher, the author came to see Navajo legend and ritual as touchstones for evaluating her own experience. She presents them here as a means for all people to locate their own history, traditions, and sense of how to live well.