southwestern states

In a world that has barely survived an apocalypse that leaves it with pre-twentieth century technology, Lozen is a monster hunter for four tyrants who are holding her family hostage.

A new assignment with the tribal police in the troubled Navajo/Hopi borderlands draws Jim Chee into a world of Hopi sorcery, Navajo witchcraft, and smuggling.

Chronicles the life of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco Coronado, describing his search for the Seven Cities of Gold, the challenges his expedition faced as it traveled through the American southwest, and his impact on Spanish and American history.

Describes the religious and cultural role of the Spanish missions in New Mexico, Texas, Arizona, and California.

Introduces the Texas longhorn and discusses the importance of the cattle breed in the history of the United States.

Poems that describe the landscape, people, and animals of the American Southwest.

On a ranch in the American Southwest, Sandra longs for a pet but each time she tries to adopt a wild animal, she concludes that it will be better off where it belongs.

After a surprise attack leaves many of her people dead, fifteen-year-old Walks Alone, an Apache girl wounded in the massacre, struggles to survive and rejoin the refugee band.

Uses the first-person accounts of four illegal immigrants to discuss the situations and concerns related to this problematic issue.

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.