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Winner of the 2021 Kate Tufts Discovery Award
Winner of a 2020 Whiting Award in Poetry
Finalist for the 2020 Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry
Selected by Kathy Fagan as a winner of the 2018 National Poetry Series, Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers is a debut collection of poems by a dazzling geologist of queer eros.
Drunktown, New Mexico, is a place where men "only touch when they fuck in a backseat." Its landscape is scarred by violence:...
3) The Navajo
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"The Navajo Nation is one of the largest Native American tribes. Today, their lands make up over 27,000 square miles of the American Southwest where many Navajo people, or Diné, continue to practice their ancestral customs. In this title, readers will find information about their traditional life, history, how people live today, and more"-- Publisher's website.
4) Diné
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"The Diné, or Navajo, have made this continent their home for centuries. Today, Navajo Nation is the largest tribal nation in the United States. In this introduction, readers will learn about Diné people, land, history, and accomplishments. Written by Indigenous author and public historian, Heather Bruegl, a citizen of the Oneida Nation and first-line descendent Strockbridge-Munsee, this series provides a simple and authentic introduction to the...
6) Navajo
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Informative, easy-to-read text and oversized photographs draw in readers as they learn about the Navajo. Traditional ways of life, including social structure, homes, food, art, clothing, and more are covered. A map highlights the tribe's homeland, while fun facts and a timeline with photos help break up the text. Also discussed is contact with Europeans and American settlers, as well as how the people keep their culture alive today. The book closes...
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The indigenous Navajo way of life has been in "survival mode" since the introduction of Eurocentric culture in the Americas. Darryl Benally tells the true story of what it is like growing up Navajo, surviving the challenges of navigating in a multicultural society and an unjust system, while layering the pages with knowledge about the Navajo culture itself. Darryl Benally's story begins with life on a Navajo Reservation with all the cards stacked...
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Navajo religion volume 1
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This work presents the foundational narratives of the Navajo people, exploring the complex cycles of creation that define their worldview. It recounts the emergence of the First People through successive worlds, depicting the sacred relationships between deities, natural forces, and humanity.
Situated within the broader tradition of Native American cosmology, these stories reveal the moral, spiritual, and ecological principles that shape Navajo...
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For centuries, stories have been told that explain the world and all of its secrets. The "Short Tales Myths" explore the most famous tales ina simple writing style for young readers. The brilliant illustrations bring to life the legends of many Native American tribes. -Taken from back cover.
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A Weave of Time powerfully documents 50 years and four generations of change in one Navajo family. In 1938, noted anthropologist John Adair travelled to the Navajo reservation in Pine Springs, Arizona with a 16mm hand wind motion picture camera. There Adair met and filmed the Burnside family, creating a visual record of Navajo life in the 1930's. In an unprecedented composite, Adair's previously unseen historical footage is juxtaposed with contemporary...
13) Wild desire
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Wild Arizona volume 5
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"Stephanie Helton has long heard tales of the white boy the Navaho kidnapped and called Runner, impressed by his speed. Now he is a man, destined to be his adopted people's leader. Thanks to her father's status with the Santa Fe Railroad, Stephanie has been hired to photograph the enchanting Southwest--and will soon meet Runner in the flesh. An inexplicable thrill runs through her at the idea--but the reason becomes clear the moment she and the powerful,...
14) Navajo long walk
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The story of Kee a young Navajo Indian who leaves his ancestral home in Arizona for a government camp in New Mexico. Kee learns to adapt to his inhospitable surroundings and finally return to his ancestral home.
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"In 1935, socialite Eva Fortier witnesses her grandfather’s murder and must flee New York to ensure her safety. Leaving behind a life of wealth, she seeks refuge in the secluded high desert area of Ghost Ranch, New Mexico. Navajo doctor Tahoma Benally has his hands full caring for his people’s medical needs. He certainly doesn’t have time to fall in love. But when Tahoma’s father asks him to help fulfill a vow he’d made to Eva’s father,...
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Copper Canyon volume 5
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Erin Barrett was the sole survivor of an armed assault on her company. Her saving grace? Undercover agent Kyle Goodluck, who'd grown from troubled youth to total warrior. Though he agreed to protect Erin, he still had unanswered questions. Starting with how much she could be trusted. But only Erin knew what these terrorists wanted-- and were willing to kill for. Kyle just had to gage how forthcoming she was going to be about it. Standing their...
18) Navajo
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"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"--Provided by the publisher.
19) Windtalkers
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A battle-weary Marine is assigned to guard - and ultimately befriends - a young Navajo soldier who has been trained to be a code talker. This code, the Navajo code, and the men who knew the code, were to be guarded as they went into action. It was the unspoken duty of the Marine to kill the Navajo soldier before he could be taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. This is the one wartime code that was never broken by the enemy.
20) Navajo
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Within this carefully researched and detailed account of the Navajo people, readers will learn the origins and history of what is today the largest reservation-based Native American group in North America. The experiences of generations of Navajo have culminated in a people that today are fiercely proud of their heritage and of protecting their traditions and way of life in the modern world. This fascinating story invites readers to understand the...
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