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1) Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Creative Education
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A history of the people and events that influenced the North American Indian tribe known as the Navajo, including headman Manuelito and conflicts such as the Second Battle of Fort Defiance"--
2) Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book introduces young readers to the Navajo people, their traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing and more, their contact with Europeans, and how the Navajo are keeping their culture alive today"--Publisher.
3) Navajo
Author
Publisher
PowerKids Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
Edward feels ready to move in with his dad's girlfriend and her son, Nathan. He might miss having his dad all to himself, but even if thins in their new home are a little awkward, living with Nathan isn't so bad. And Nathan is glad to have found a new guardian for dew, the young water monster who has been Nathan's responsibility for two years. Now that Nathan is starting to lose his childhood connection to the Holy Beings, Edward will be the one to...
7) The Navajo
Author
Publisher
AV² by Weigl
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm.
Language
English
9) The Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Rourke Publications
Pub. Date
[1989]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Navajo Indians.
10) The Navajos
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[1993]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Provides an overview of the history, culture, and ways of life of the Navajo Indians.
11) Navajo
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Dogs of World War II volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In September 1944, eleven-year-old Billie lives with her great aunt, Doff, eagerly waiting for her older brother Leo to return from boot camp, and desperate to find the father that left when she was little; but Leo brings a friend with him, a Navajo named Denny, and the injured dog they have rescued and named Bear--and when the two young men go off to war, Bear becomes the thread that ties them all together, and helps Billie to find a true friend....
Author
Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1929, eight-year-old Navajo Betoli was forced into a missionary's truck and given the name Chester. Even though he was told to only speak English in order to "live in the white man's world," he decided to never forget his language and his people. Once he graduated, he joined the U.S. Marine Corps and was placed in platoon number 382, the group who created the only unbreakable code during the Second World War. Told in chronological segments (e.g.,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Benchmark Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
94 pages : illustrations, map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents an overview of the history of the Navajo Indians, with a detailed account of how the United States Government, represented by Kit Carson, forced them on a 300-mile walk from their homeland in the Southwest to a prison camp at Bosque Redondo, New Mexico, in 1864, and their eventual return home after the United States-Navajo Treaty of 1868.
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