navajo indians

"Engaging images accompany information about the Navajo. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--Provided by publisher.

"The people of the Navajo Nation have lived in North America for hundreds of years. Discover this . . . nation, its . . . history, and how its members continue to honor their culture. Learn about traditional Navajo foods, art, and homes. Read about . . . leaders like Manuelito and Barboncito who fought to keep their people free"--Provided by publisher.

Edward and Nathan, two Navajo stepbrothers, work with a young water monster named Dew to confront their past and save the world from a monstrous, enormous Enemy that is stealing water from all of the Navajo Nation.

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.

"Through Thomas H. Begay's singular story, this richly illustrated biography for young readers describes aspects of Navajo history and culture and shows how a select group of Navajo soldiers used their native Din? language to invent and operate a secret communications system that was crucial to a US victory in the Pacific during World War II"--Provided by the publisher.

"Yossel, along with his family, flees anti-Jewish Russian pogroms in the late nineteenth century and settles in the American Southwest where he forges a friendship with Thomas, a Native American Navajo boy"--Provided by the publisher.

"This collection represents a segment of the lives of the Navajo and Pueblo people of the American Southwest--two diverse groups who are an important part of American culture today"--Provided by publisher.

Traces the history of the Navajo Indians, discussing origins, early history, experiences during cycles of colonialism, the Long Walk, the years of Hw?eldi, livestock reduction, challenges in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and other topics.

"This book introduces young readers to the Navajo people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Navajo are keeping their culture alive today"--OCLC.

"Explore the causes and consequences of the Church Rock, New Mexico uranium mine disaster of 1979"--Provided by publisher.