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11 produkter
Medicine Women
The Story of the First Native American Nursing School
E-bok, 2019
179 kr
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After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo country of northern Arizona, a group of missionaries and doctors—who cared less about saving souls and more about saving lives—chose a different way and persuaded …
Send a Runner
A Navajo Honors the Long Walk
Av Jim Kristofic, Edison Eskeets
E-bok, 2021
184 kr
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The Navajo tribe, the Diné, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. But over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Diné people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 …
House Gods
Sustainable Buildings and Renegade Builders
Inbunden, 2022
324 kr
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Our buildings are making us sick. Our homes, offices, factories, and dormitories are, in some sense, a fresh parasite on the sacred Earth, Nahasdzáán. In search of a better way, author Jim Kristofic journeys across the Southwest to apprentice with architects and builders who know how to make …
House Gods
Sustainable Buildings and Renegade Builders
Häftad, 2025
275 kr
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Our buildings are making us sick. Our homes, offices, factories, and dormitories are, in some sense, fresh parasites on the sacred Earth, Nahasdzáán. In search of a better way, author Jim Kristofic journeys across the Southwest to apprentice with architects and builders who know how to make …
Reservation Restless
Häftad, 2026
329 kr
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2021 Southwest Books of the Year Winner of the 2020 New Mexico–Arizona Book Award for Autobiography & Memoir Jim Kristofic shares his story—showing us how to use old traditions to find new beginnings and a better way to live. In the author’s own words: “Reservation Restless explores the borders of …
Navajos Wear Nikes
A Reservation Life
Häftad, 2011
273 kr
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Just before starting second grade, Jim Kristofic moved from Pittsburgh across the country to Ganado, Arizona, when his mother took a job at a hospital on the Navajo Reservation. Navajos Wear Nikes reveals the complexity of modern life on the Navajo Reservation, a world where Anglo and Navajo …
Hero Twins
A Navajo-English Story of the Monster Slayers
Häftad, 2015
217 kr
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The Hero Twins tells the story of two brothers born to Changing Woman and trained by the Holy People to save their people from the naayéé’, a race of monsters. But the naayéé’ can’t be beaten alone. Family and friends and wise mentors must lead any warrior down the good path toward victory. …
Black Sheep, White Crow and Other Windmill Tales
Stories from Navajo Country
Häftad, 2017
241 kr
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When Kameron moves to his grandma’s sheep camp on the Navajo Reservation, he leaves behind his cell phone reception and his friends. The young boy’s world becomes even stranger when Kameron takes the sheep out to the local windmill and meets an old storyteller. As the seasons turn, the old man …
Medicine Women
The Story of the First Native American Nursing School
Häftad, 2019
281 kr
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After the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo country of northern Arizona, a group of missionaries and doctors-who cared less about saving souls and more about saving lives-chose a different way and persuaded …
Reservation Restless
Inbunden, 2020
334 kr
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In the powerful and haunting lands of the Southwest, rainbows grow unexpectedly from the sky, mountain lions roam the desert, and summer storms roll over the Colorado River. As a park ranger, Kristofic explores the Ganado valley, traces the paths of the Anasazi, and finds mythic experiences on …
Send a Runner
A Navajo Honors the Long Walk
Av Edison Eskeets, Jim Kristofic
Häftad, 2022
223 kr
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The Navajo tribe, the Diné, are the largest tribe in the United States and live across the American Southwest. But over a century ago, they were nearly wiped out by the Long Walk, a forced removal of most of the Diné people to a military-controlled reservation in New Mexico. The summer of 2018 …
