navajo indian reservation

A novel inspired by Navajo culture follows the experiences of a boy whose summer at his grandmother's reservation home is shaped by his uncle's addictions and an encounter with a sacred being from the Navajo creation story.

"When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nali, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds someone extraordinary: a Holy Being from the Navajo Creation Story--a Water Monster--in need of help. Now Nathan must summon all his courage to save his new friend. With the help of other Navajo Holy Beings, Nathan is determined to save the Water Monster, and to support Uncle Jet in healing from his own pain"--From the publisher's web site.

A sensitive portrait of a traditional Navajo family and their season cycles of life that is in partnership with their surroundings.

Award-winning journalist Judy Pasternak uncovers the scandal involving America's mining for uranium on Navajo reservations that began in the 1940s and continued into the twenty-first century. Describes how unprotected Native Americans were used as laborers despite health warnings, and how the radioactive "yellow dirt" contaminated the air, water, and soil nearby. Examines the deaths related to the uranium and the Native Americans' fight for justice.

Nasdijj discusses what it was like to grow up as a Native American in the desert Southwest and explains how his upbringing has affected his interaction with modern American society.

Douglas Preston's account of his family's horseback journey in 1992 through the deserts of Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.