Author: Ruth Roessel
Publisher: Dine College Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Author: Ruth Roessel
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 272

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Author: Jennifer Denetdale
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438103913
Category : Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation (N.M.)
Languages : en
Pages : 145

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In 1863, the Dine (Navajo) faced transformations to their way of life with the Americans' determination to first subjugate and then remove them to a reservation in order to begin their assimilation to American culture. This book exposes the series of events that facilitated the Navajo's removal from their homeland, their experiences during the Long Walk, their time at the Bosque Redondo reservation, their return home, and the ways in which they remember the Long Walk and the Bosque Redondo.

Author: Nancy M. Armstrong
Publisher: Roberts Rinehart
ISBN: 1461663911
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130

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Navajo Long Walk is the story of Kee, a young boy who traveled this long, arduous route with his mother, grandmother, sister and what few domestic animals they could bring. Over the four-year period, Kee learns to adapt to his inhospitable surroundings. Ultimately, Kee realizes the frailty of his people in the presence of the white soldiers and that to survive, they must find a way to get along with the white man. Ages 9-12

Author: Lynn Robison Bailey
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : California
Languages : en
Pages : 280

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From bookcover: "More than one hundred years ago commenced one of the most pathetic and tragic episodes in the history of Anglo-Indian relations. Under the ruthless direction of General James H. Carleton and Christopher "Kit" Carson the Navajo Indian of New Mexico were rounded-up and driven to a disease ridden reservation on the banks of the Rio Pecos in east-central New Mexico--the infamous Bosque Redondo. The Long Walk, however, does not merely explore the Navajo roundup and the horrors of their internment at Fort Sumner. It offers instead the first truly detailed study of the Navajo Wars, their causes and aftermaths ... The insiduous slave raids, the encroachment of New Mexico sheepmen, the stupid and careless administration of Indian and military affairs, as well as the Navajos' innate desire for status through the acquisition of livestock, are clearly probed and documented."

Author: Will Evans
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
ISBN: 1457174898
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 422

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Will Evans's writings should find a special niche in the small but significant body of literature from and about traders to the Navajos. Evans was the proprietor of the Shiprock Trading Company. Probably more than most of his fellow traders, he had a strong interest in Navajo culture. The effort he made to record and share what he learned certainly was unusual. He published in the Farmington and New Mexico newspapers and other periodicals, compiling many of his pieces into a book manuscript. His subjects were Navajos he knew and traded with, their stories of historic events such as the Long Walk, and descriptions of their culture as he, an outsider without academic training, understood it. Evans's writings were colored by his fondness for, uncommon access to, and friendships with Navajos, and by who he was: a trader, folk artist, and Mormon. He accurately portrayed the operations of a trading post and knew both the material and artistic value of Navajo crafts. His art was mainly inspired by Navajo sandpainting. He appropriated and, no doubt, sometimes misappropriated that sacred art to paint surfaces and objects of all kinds. As a Mormon, he had particular views of who the Navajos were and what they believed and was representative of a large class of often-overlooked traders. Much of the Navajo trade in the Four Corners region and farther west was operated by Mormons. They had a significant historical role as intermediaries, or brokers, between Native and European American peoples in this part of the West. Well connected at the center of that world, Evans was a good spokesperson.

Author: Peter Iverson
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826327154
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436

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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: Lawrence D. Sundberg
Publisher: Sunstone Press
ISBN: 9780865342217
Category : Navajo Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 100

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A chronicle of the Navajo people describing the hardships and rewards of early band life, and how they dealt with the influences of Spanish, Mexican and American forces.

Author: Tiana Bighorse
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816514441
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 156

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An account of Bighorse's life recalled by his daughter Tiana, providing glimpses into Navajo life and values of a century ago.

Author: Carol Ann Didier
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN: 142011252X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 267

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A white woman and a Navajo holy man dare a perilous love on the Wild West's most treacherous frontier. . . Unspoken Passion Yields To. . . JoAnna Lund and her father are risking everything to settle safely out west and leave their tragic past far behind. And as a lone rider blocks their trail, they are prepared for trouble. But from the moment JoAnna locks eyes with the tall, proud Navajo brave, she feels an irresistible, dangerous desire. . . Forbidden Pleasure Notah Begay wonders why the young woman and her father have ventured so deep into his people's territory. But he is fascinated by JoAnna's gentle spirit, and her honesty sparks a passion that his carefully-guarded heart can't deny. And nothing--and no man--will prevent him from claiming the woman who has made him hers forever. . . "An outstanding romance novel. . .pure reading pleasure and hard to put down." --Affaire de Coeur "Didier creates likable characters, a romantic setting and romantic tension." --Romantic Times