Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

After being taught in a boarding school run by whites that Navajo is a useless language, Ned Begay and other Navajo men are recruited by the Marines to become Code Talkers, sending messages during World War II in their native tongue.

"In a world that has barely survived an apocalypse that leaves it with pre-twentieth century technology, Lozen is a monster hunter for four tyrants who are holding her family hostage"--

In Race to the River The Journey Continues, Sally Crum s exciting sequel to Race to the Moonrise An Ancient Journey, a young Native American brother and sister continue an event-filled, 13th century journey to return their injured father from today s southern Colorado to their home in Casas Grandes, Mexico. Meanwhile, three unlikely emissaries of peace, two boys and a Chumash noblewoman, embark from the California coast with hopes of averting an attack...

Younger Brother, a Navaho Indian boy, undergoes eight years of training in the ancient religion of his people and the practical knowledge of material existence.

A Navajo girl unravels a day's weaving on a rug whose completion, she believes, will mean the death of her grandmother.

On the first day of kindergarten, with the help of their teacher, a Navajo girl and a white girl learn to overlook their different appearances and become friends.

Describes the history of American Indian tribes in Colorado from the earliest nomads who hunted the giant wooly mammoth to the Utes, Cheyennes, and Arapahoes who lived in a warrior culture. Includes a comprehensive guidebook to archaeological sites, museums, cultural centers, and other sources of information.

Forced to leave their home for an internment camp in New Mexico, Kee and his family must learn to adapt. Forced to leave their home for an internment camp in New Mexico, Kee and his family must learn to adapt

Present-day visitors describe what they see when they visit the pueblos where the Anasazi lived long ago.