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41) Wind spirit
Author
Series
Ella Clah mysteries volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
With the Navajo Reservation plagued by a series of arson fires, including one that kills the wife of a councilmember, Ella Clah of the Navajo police pursues the killer, but her investigation is hampered by traditionalist tribal members.
43) Rock with wings
Author
Series
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 2
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 2
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 20
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 2
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Navajo Tribal cops Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito, and their mentor, the legendary Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn, investigate two perplexing cases involving a missing woman and a drug bust gone bad.
44) The tale teller
Author
Series
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 5
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 23
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 5
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 23
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
Legendary Navajo policeman Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn takes center stage in this riveting atmospheric mystery from New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman that combines crime, superstition, and tradition and brings the desert Southwest vividly alive. Joe Leaphorn may have retired from the Tribal Police, but he finds himself knee-deep in a perplexing case involving a priceless artifact--a reminder of a dark time in Navajo history. Joe's been...
45) Skinwalkers
Series
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2004
Edition
Full screen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 97 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The Navajo Tribal Police investigate the murder of a medicine man. At the crime scene is a partially completed pictograph. One clue sends a chill through a young officer: the arrow used in the killing has a tip of human bone, a sign that a Navajo spirit - a "skinwalker"--Is at work.
46) Rez metal
Publisher
Leomark Studios
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"REZ METAL follows the Navajo heavy metal band I Don't Konform's remarkable journey from performing on poverty-stricken reservations to recording their debut album with Grammy-award winner producer of Metallica while telling the compelling story of the thriving heavy metal scene on the Navajo reservations."--Container.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
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.
Author
Series
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 7-8, 10
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
581 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Growing up on the Navajo Indian Reservation, David Crow and his siblings idolized their dad. Tall, strong, smart, and brave, the self-taught Cherokee regaled his family with stories of his World War II feats. But as time passed, David discovered the other side of Thurston Crow, the ex-con with his own code of ethics that justified cruelty, violence, lies--even murder." --
Author
Series
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 8
The Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito Novels volume Book 8
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 8
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 26
The Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito Novels volume Book 8
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 8
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 26
Language
English
Description
When two suspicious deaths occur in the Bears Ears area, Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito must use all their experience, skill, and intuition to find justice.
An unexpected death on a lonely road outside of Utah's Bears Ears National Park raises questions for Navajo Tribal Police officers Jim Chee and Bernadette Manuelito. Why would a seasoned outdoorsman and well-known paleontologist freeze to death within walking...
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A Navaho family welcomes a new baby into the family with love and ceremony, eagerly waiting for that first special laugh. Includes brief description of birth customs in different cultures." --
53) Coyote waits
Series
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
©2004
Edition
[Widescreen]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this adaptation of Tony Hillerman's novel, Navajo police detective Joe Leaphorn and officer Jim Chee solve a modern murder and a bank robbery supposedly committed by Butch Cassidy.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"Brian Young's (Navajo) debut novel, inspired by Navajo beliefs, features a seemingly ordinary boy who must save the life of a Water Monster-and help his uncle suffering from addiction-by discovering his own bravery and boundless love"--
55) Race to the sun
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Guided by her Navajo ancestors, seventh-grader Nizhoni Begay discovers she is descended from a holy woman and destined to become a monsterslayer, starting with the evil businessman who kidnapped her father. Includes glossary of Navajo terms.
56) A thief of time
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 95 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Lt. Joe Leaphorn & Jim Chee, two officers of the Navajo Tribal Police, investigate the disappearance of an anthropologist suspected of selling ancient Indian artifacts on the black market.
57) Native American stories for kids: 12 traditional stories from Indigenous tribes across North America
Author
Publisher
Rockridge Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
vii, 84 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Native Americans have a long tradition of storytelling. Now, you can easily introduce your children to these rich cultures with a compilation of powerful tales from multiple tribes like the Cheyenne and the Lenape. What sets this book apart from other Native American books for kids: Tales from 12 tribes--Kids will embark on a literary adventure with 12 stories from tribes around America, exploring lore about how the mountain Denali formed, why the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"By the time the United States joined the Second World War in 1941, the fight against Nazi and Axis powers had already been under way for two years. In order to win the war and protect its soldiers, the US Marines recruited twenty-nine Navajo men to create a secret code that could be used to send military messages quickly and safely across battlefields. Author James Buckley Jr. explains how these brave and intelligent men developed their amazing code,...
60) Lost birds
Author
Series
Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 27
The Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito Novels volume 27
Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito volume 9
Leaphorn and Chee novel volume 27
The Leaphorn Chee and Manuelito Novels volume 27
Language
English
Description
Joe Leaphorn may be long retired from the Navajo Tribal Police, but his detective skills are still sharp, honed by his work as a private detective. His experience will be essential to solve a compelling new case: finding the birth parents of a woman who was raised by a bilagáana family but believes she is Diné based on one solid clue, an old photograph with a classic Navajo child's blanket. Leaphorn discovers that his client's adoption was questionable,...
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