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Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 2
Leaphorn and Chee
Navajo mysteries volume 20
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 2
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Leaphorn and Chee
Navajo mysteries volume 20
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 2
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English
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Doing a good deed for a relative offers the perfect opportunity for Sergeant Jim Chee and his wife, Officer Bernie Manuelito, to get away from the daily grind of police work. But two cases will call them back from their short vacation and separate them?one near Shiprock, and the other at iconic Monument Valley. Chee follows a series of seemingly random and cryptic clues that lead to a missing woman, a coldblooded thug, and a mysterious mound of dirt...
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English
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"In 1992 author Douglas Preston and his wife and daughter rode horseback across 400 miles of desert in Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. They were retracing the route of a Navajo deity, the Slayer of Alien Gods, on his quest to restore beauty and balance to the Earth. More than a travelogue, Preston's account of their "one tough journey, luminously remembered" (Kirkus Reviews) is a tale of two cultures meeting in a sacred land and is "like traveling...
5) The Navajos
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Series
Civilization of the American Indians volume 43
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Pub. Date
[1956]
Language
English
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Publisher
Heartdrum, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"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.
7) Coyote waits
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Investigating the murder of a Navajo Tribal Policeman, Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Sgt. Jim Chee unravel a complex plot of death involving a historical find, a lost fortune, and the mythical coyote, who is always waiting and always hungry.
9) Mojado
Author
Series
Navajo nation mystery volume 4
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
R. Allen Chappell takes a bold new direction with this thriller, raising storytelling and knowledge of the Navajo culture to an entirely new level. When Mexico's bloodiest predator invades the reservation, it's up to Charlie Yazzie and his friends to take charge the Navajo way. Navajo can track prey, but can Charlie, Thomas, and Harley Ponyboy catch the killer before he catches them?
Author
Publisher
Salina Bookshelf
Pub. Date
c2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Born in 1856 at the base of Black Mesa, Dzanibaa saw her happy childhood come to a terrifying end when U.S. soldiers attacked and forced thousands of Navajo to walk to Fort Sumner, 450 miles from their home.
11) The sinister pig
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English
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The victim, well dressed but stripped of identification, is found at the edge of the vast Jicarilla Apache natural gas field just inside the jurisdiction of the Navajo Tribal Police, facing Sergeant Jim Chee with a complex puzzle. Why did the Washington office of the FBI snatch custody of this case from its local agents, cover it with secrecy, and call it a hunting accident? What was the victim seeking among the maze of pipelines and pumping stations...
12) Ancient blood
Author
Series
Navajo nation mystery volume 3
Publisher
R. Allen Chappell
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Charlie Yazzie's former archaeology professor becomes the target of a ruthless Indian rights movement - one determined to end an investigation that could change the face of an ancient tribe. Charlie and Thomas Begay find themselves caught up in a dangerous, intrigue filled adventure, involving one of the canyon-land's oldest riddles.
13) Laughing Boy
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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The story of a young Navajo man.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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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.
17) The Navajo
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Navajo Indians.