A Navajo Legacy
The Life and Teachings of John Holiday
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Publication
2005-05-30 - University of Oklahoma Press
Language
English
Word Count
98,500 words, Guess
Page Count
394 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9324247M
- ISBN-139780806136684
- ISBN-100806136685
- OCLC Control Number56213928
- OCLC Control Numbernavajolegacylife00holi
and 2 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004058008
- Goodreads2961803
Classifications
- LCCE99.N3 H67 2005
Description
A Navajo medicine man tells his life story, including his apprenticeship with his grandfather to learn the Blessingway ceremony, his travels over the desert to find forage for the animals and plants for healing practices, his memories of the invasion of Monument Valley by whites, his experiences in the early filmmaking industry, his time in the Civilian Conservation Corps and the military, and his work mining one of the two largest uranium deposits on the Navajo Reservation. The book's second part details the family and tribal teachings Holiday has acquired over a long life.
First Sentence
John actually tells two stories in the following pages.
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