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Chronicles the life and journeys of sixteenth-century Spanish explorer Francisco V?squez de Coronado, who searched the lands north of Mexico, or New Spain, for the legendary Seven Cities of C?bola.

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.

Sixteen years old in 1886, Runs With Horses trains to become a warrior with Geronimo's band of Apaches in the American Southwest.

A Navajo family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures.

"When Vivian is disrespectful to the trees and the land, Grandma relates the Paiute legend of the trickster god Sinawav the coyote who turned the bad Old Ones into stone columns"--Provided by publisher.

Two teenagers from the Navajo Nation share their everyday life.

Describes the traditions, folk art, and history of the Day of the Dead holiday, when families in Mexico honor their dead.

An introduction to the North American Indian tribe known as the Navajo.

The daily life and customs of prehistoric southwest Indian tribes are retraced from the designs on the remains of their pottery.