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Race to the sun

Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms.
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The pale-faced lie

a true story
"Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies--even murder"--OCLC.

The Water Lady

how Darlene Arviso helps a thirsty Navajo Nation
Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.

Race to the sun

2019
"Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms"--Provided by publisher.

Race to the sun

"Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms"--Provided by publisher.
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Grandpa Lolo's Navajo saddle blanket =

La tilma de Abuelito Lolo
Junie L?pez tells, in English and Spanish, of the long friendship between his Mexican American grandfather, Grandpa Lolo, and Manuelito Yazzie, a Navajo, that began with the sale of a horse. Includes glossary.
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How we became human

new and selected poems
2004
A collection of poems written by Joy Harjo between 1975 and 2001.
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The goat in the rug

Geraldine, a goat, describes each step as she and her Navajo friend make a rug, from the hair clipping and carding to the dyeing and actual weaving.
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Windtalkers

Battle-hardened World War II sergeant Joe Enders tries to maintain a professional distance when he is assigned to, protect Ben Yahzee, a young recruit fluent in the so-far unbreakable battlefield code based on the Navajo language--mindful of the unspoken order to kill Ben rather than let him be captured by the Japanese.
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