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Turkey's gift to the people

When a great wall of water threatens to destroy them, the animals band together to save themselves, but it is the turkey who remembers to save the seeds they will need to rebuild their lives.
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Code Talker

a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two
After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

The boy and the dog are sleeping

2003
The Native American author looks back upon his short time with Awee, the eleven-year-old boy with AIDS he took into his home on the Navajo reservation and cared for until his death.

Turquoise boy

a Navajo legend
2004
A retelling of a Navajo Indian legend in which Turquoise Boy searches for something that will make the Navajo people's lives easier. Includes a brief history of the Navajo people and their customs.

The dark wind

1982
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.

The story of the Navajo

1971
Traces the history of the Navajo people, retells some of their legends, and compares their ancient and modern way of life.

Children of the earth and sky

1991
Five stories about Native American children at early ages.

The Navajos

2007
Chronicles the history of the Navajo people of the southwestern U.S., looks at the lives of modern-day Navajo, and includes an activity and resources for further study.

The unbreakable code

1996
Because John is afraid to leave the Navajo Reservation, his grandfather explains to him how the Navajo language, faith, and ingenuity helped win World War II.

Ma'ii and cousin Horned Toad

a traditional Navajo story
1992
A lazy, conniving coyote habitually takes advantage of his animal cousins until his cousin, Horned Toad, teaches him a lesson he never forgets.

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