Diné Tah : my reservation days 1923-1939 /
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| Author / Creator: | Girdner, Alwin J., 1923- |
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| Imprint: | Tucson : Rio Nuevo Publishers, c2011. |
| Description: | ix, 356 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9021671 |
Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Introduction
- 1. The Color of Yesterday
- 2. The Long Walk
- 3. At Home in a Hogan
- 4. Navajo Ceremonies
- 5. Different Words of God
- 6. The Clan Holcomb
- 7. Kin Ligaal
- 8. Bay Area Interlude
- 9. Oak Creek Days
- 10. The Quest
- 11. The Great Migration
- 12. Two Women on Horseback
- 13. Albuquerque Days
- 14. Return to Immanuel Mission
- 15. Night of the Big Wind
- 16. Building in the Desert
- 17. Frontier Medicine
- 18. When the QueenCarne to Shiprock
- 19. Getting There Was Half the Fun
- 20. Clemenceau Days
- 21. Back to the Reservation
- 22. Yellowhair
- 23. Life in the New Rock House
- 24. Christmas
- 25. Etta's Wedding
- 26. Kitchen Stories
- 27. The Passing of Mary Holcomb
- 28. California 1929
- 29. The Windmill and the Well
- 30. Grandfather's Last Hurrah
- 31. Roy Scott
- 32. Above and Below Decks
- 33. Establishing a Way of Life
- 34. Kinfolk, Pilgrims, and Government Men
- 35. Trading Posts
- 36. The Art of Trading
- 37. Bill
- 38. Windows on the World
- 39. Navajo Dress Code
- 40. The Word in Navajo
- 41. Prayer and Thanksgiving
- 42. On the Trail with Dad
- 43. The Only Girl
- 44. A Splash in the Tank
- 45. The Breath of Life
- 46. Reservation Postal Service
- 47. Fun and Games
- 48. Sports
- 49. Roundups and Ruins
- 50. Names
- 51. Music at the Mission
- 52. Romance on the Rez
- 53. Now I Lay Me Down
- 54. Long Hair vs. Short
- 55. Boarding School
- 56. Adventures at Round Rock
- 57. Trips to Tóla
- 58. Education On and Off the Reservation
- 59. A Century of Progress
- 60. Navajos vs. Waashindoon
- 61. Ja'kali and the Indian New Deal
- 62. Oak Creek Redux
- 63. Eveready Batteries
- 64. Officer of the Day
- 65. Farmington 1937
- 66. Navajo Methodist Mission High School
- 67. Adiós, Siempre Adiós
- 68. Graduation and Beyond
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Resources and Suggested Reading
- About the Author
