Dinéjí Na'nitin : Navajo traditional teachings and history /
"Traditional teachings derived from stories and practices passed through generations lie at the core of a well-balanced Navajo life. These teachings are based on a very different perspective on the physical and spiritual world than that found in general American culture. Dinéjí Na'nitin is...
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Boulder :
University Press of Colorado,
©2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Wind, hand, and stars : reading the past, finidng the future through divination
- The 1918-1919 influenza epidemic : a cultural response
- Sacred evil : the dark side of life along the San Juan
- "Too much noise in that bunch across the river" : Ba̕álílee and the 1907 Aneth brawl
- Tradtional teachings and thought : Navajo metaphors of the elders
- "He stood for us strongly" : Father H. baxter Liebler's mission to the Navajo
- Seeing is believing : the odyssey of the Pectol shields
- Of stars, goats, and wind : Navajo metaphors then and now
- Gambling on the future : Navajo elders, jiní, and prophetic warnings.
