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Diné Tah : my reservation days 1923-1939 / Alwin J. Girdner.

Girdner, Alwin J., 1923- (Author).

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  • ISBN: 1933855568
  • ISBN: 9781933855561
  • ISBN: 1933855568
  • Physical Description: ix, 356 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Tucson : Rio Nuevo Publishers, ©2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 354-355).
Formatted Contents Note:
1 The Color of Yesterday 3 -- 2 The Long Walk 4 -- 3 At Home in a Hogan 12 -- 4 Navajo Ceremonies 17 -- 5 Different Words of God 21 -- 6 The Clan Holcomb 30 -- 7 Kin Ligaal 35 -- 8 Bay Area Interlude 44 -- 9 Oak Creek Days 49 -- 10 The Quest 58 -- 11 The Great Migration 65 -- 12 Two Women on Horseback 70 -- 13 Albuquerque Days 77 -- 14 Return to Immanuel Mission 82 -- 15 Night of the Big Wind 87 -- 16 Building in the Desert 90 -- 17 Frontier Medicine 97 -- 18 When the QueenCarne to Shiprock 104 -- 19 Getting There Was Half the Fun 106 -- 20 Clemenceau Days 114 -- 21 Back to the Reservation 118 -- 22 Yellowhair 120 -- 23 Life in the New Rock House 128 -- 24 Christmas 131 -- 25 Etta's Wedding 135 -- 26 Kitchen Stories 137 -- 27 The Passing of Mary Holcomb 141 -- 28 California 1929 142 -- 29 The Windmill and the Well 148 -- 30 Grandfather's Last Hurrah 156 -- 31 Roy Scott 159 -- 32 Above and Below Decks 163 -- 33 Establishing a Way of Life 170 -- 34 Kinfolk, Pilgrims, and Government Men 175 -- 35 Trading Posts 192 -- 36 The Art of Trading 201 -- 37 Bill 211 -- 38 Windows on the World 213 -- 39 Navajo Dress Code 220 -- 40 The Word in Navajo 223 -- 41 Prayer and Thanksgiving 231 -- 42 On the Trail with Dad 235 -- 43 The Only Girl 242 -- 44 A Splash in the Tank 244 -- 45 The Breath of Life 248 -- 46 Reservation Postal Service 250 -- 47 Fun and Games 253 -- 48 Sports 257 -- 49 Roundups and Ruins 262 -- 50 Names 268 -- 51 Music at the Mission 273 -- 52 Romance on the Rez 276 -- 53 Now I Lay Me Down 280 -- 54 Long Hair vs. Short 282 -- 55 Boarding School 286 -- 56 Adventures at Round Rock 293 -- 57 Trips to Tóla 296 -- 58 Education On and Off the Reservation 298 -- 59 A Century of Progress 310 -- 60 Navajos vs. Waashindoon 317 -- 61 Ja'kali and the Indian New Deal 319 -- 62 Oak Creek Redux 325 -- 63 Eveready Batteries 332 -- 64 Officer of the Day 335 -- 65 Farmington 1937 337 -- 66 Navajo Methodist Mission High School 341 -- 67 Adiós, Siempre Adiós 345 -- 68 Graduation and Beyond 349.

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Subject:
Navajo Indians > Missions.
Navajo Indians > Religion.
Navajo Indians > Social life and customs.
Plymouth Brethren > Missions > Navajo Indian Reservation.
Missionaries > Navajo Indian Reservation > Biography.
Navajo Indian Reservation > Religious life and customs.
Navajo Indian Reservation > Social life and customs.

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