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The blood runs like a river through my dreams

a memoir
2000
Nasdijj discusses what it was like to grow up as a Native American in the desert Southwest and explains how his upbringing has affected his interaction with modern American society.

Eagle Feather

1994
When the cruel cousin he has been working for refuses to let him leave at the end of the summer, a young Navajo boy runs away to rejoin his family and go to school.

The magic of Spider Woman

2000
Retells the Navajo tale of how a stubborn girl learns from the Spider Woman how to keep life in balance by respecting its boundaries.

Spirit sickness

2001
Investigator Emmett Quanah Parker teams up with FBI special Agent Anna Turnipseed to solve the murder of a tribal patrolman and his wife.

The mystery of the lost village

1993
While visiting a Navaho Indian reservation in New Mexico, the Aldens try to save a forest under threat of development by proving it is the site of a lost, buried village, but someone is sabotaging their dig.

A summer's trade =

S?h??go na?iini?
2007
Written in both English and the Navajo language, tells a story about a young boy, Tony, who saves all his money in order to buy a beautiful saddle; but when his grandmother becomes ill after pawning her valuable bracelet, Tony is faced with a difficult decision.

The magic weaver of rugs

a tale of the Navajo
1994
When two Navajo women pray for help for their cold and hungry people, Spider Woman teaches them how to weave.

Navahos and Apaches

the Athabascan peoples
1976

Navajo

portrait of a nation
1992

The Navajos

1990
Examines the history, culture, changing fortunes, and current situation of the Navajo Indians.

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