On the forced march of his people from their Arizona homeland to New Mexico, a Navajo boy is sustained by the bond existing between him and the white colt he rescued from a cougar.
In a novel set in the Southwest during 1915, a silversmith named Laughing Boy falls in love with an "educated" Navajo woman at a ceremonial dance, sparking a relationship that will reveal the deep rhythms and longing of Navajo life.
Discusses the establishment of the Marine Corps unit made up of Navajo Indians who served as radio operators, using their own language as a secret code, during World War II.
A color-illustrated introduction to the religious life of the Navajo, which covers such topics as ceremonial sand painting, sacred space, the five worlds and sacred time, holy wind, and testimony. Includes a glossary, bibliography, and index.
