In the three years since her father's death, Arizona eighteen-year-old Regina has loaned her mother thousands of dollars to cover her compulsive spending and gambling, and she copes with her own stress by overeating, but when her mother wins the lottery, Regina hopes their troubles are over.
Crime Scene Club member Ken Benally has not seen his mother in four years, so when it appears that she is involved in the theft of some valuable Native American artifacts from a local museum, he does not know what to think. Includes forensic notes.
Describes the daily life of the Mojave Native Americans of the Southwest before the arrival of the Europeans, covering such topics as food, clothing, homes, and myths, and also discusses modern Mojave culture.--Includes a glossary.
A collection of poetry written by Ofelia Zepeda, a Tohono O'odham poet and linguistics professor at the University of Arizona, that explores her Native American heritage.
Will Lansa visits his father, who is the tribal police chief on the Hopi reservation in northern Arizona, and learns about some sacred Hopi traditions while he helps investigate several murders.
Examines the 1966 Supreme Court case involving Ernesto Miranda and the State of Arizona; discussing the trial, appeals, and decision that led to the Miranda Warnings.
