Download or read book The Navajos Classic Reprint written by Oscar H. Lipps and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Navajos Little Histories of North American Indians is designed to give in plain and simple form a concise and authentic history of the North American Indians by tribes. So far, most of the literature giving relia ble accounts of the life, manners, customs, habits, religion, mythology, arts, and crafts of the various Indian tribes of our country is contained chiefly in government reports and in scientific works which are either not readily accessible to the reading public, or are too scientific and technical to be enjoyable and entertaining to the average general reader. The aim, then, is a popular and reliable little history of our North American Indians which will, in a measure, satisfy the ever increasing desire on the part of Americans for a more intimate knowledge of the first of all Americans. It has not been the intention to present in this little book - the first of the series - any new facts concerning the Navajos, but rather to bring together the facts already known of the tribe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Nah Nee Ta written by Henry R. Brinkerhoff and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-05 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nah-Nee-Ta: A Tale of the Navajos The purpose of the author in giving this labor of real and fictitious things to the public may find expression better in a preface, probably, than elsewhere. For a period of several years following close upon the war of the rebellion, he was stationed in Western New Mexico in the immediate vicinity of the country occupied by the Navajos, and became during that time largely acquainted with the customs and habits of this remarkable people. Since that period a railroad has been built almost upon the Southern line of their reservation, and settlements of white people have been made upon all sides about them. Influenced by these means, many of their time-honored practices and customs have been largely modified or entirely abandoned. A new people, virtually, has made its appearance in place of the old one, with entirely different views of life, and its duties. A people, it may be said, without practically a single national characteristic yet developed in this new transitional state. The influences thus exerted have caused the young men to become skeptical of the teachings of their elders, and at the same time have made them slow to adopt the habits and practices of strangers. The customs of the people before these changes occurred, will now only be preserved by means of unreliable legends. Anticipating this result, the author endeavored during his residence near them, to obtain reliable information concerning their ancient customs and beliefs, in order that it might be preserved as a possible contribution to science. The task proved to be a difficult one. Such practices and evidences, of belief as fell under his personal observation, day after day, for long periods of time, alone seemed well substantiated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Nah nee ta written by Henry Roelifsen Brinkerhoff and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-28 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nah-nee-ta - a tale of the Navajos is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1886. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.
Download or read book Chunda a Story of the Navajos Classic Reprint written by Horatio Oliver Ladd and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Chunda a Story of the Navajos These horses are dragging us to certain death on the bottom of that black canon, shouted the guide, with a terrible oath. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Navajo Indians written by Anselm Weber and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Navajo Indians: A Statement of Facts In regard to this very tract of land Mr. Reeves, of the Indian Office, made the statement: In Arizona the State Land Commission and the cattle men and others have insisted on the office carrying out that provision (act May 29, because they want the surplus lands restored to the public do main so they can use them for grazing grounds. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Captured by the Navajos Classic Reprint written by Charles Albert Curtis and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-20 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Captured by the Navajos Mother recently died in the East, and the colonel had them sent here in charge of a tutor who is to fit them for college, I believe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Over the Great Navajo Trail Classic Reprint written by Carl Eickemeyer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-17 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Over the Great Navajo Trail With this Object in view, therefore, I Offer this volume, containing the photographs and an account of my experiences among a people who are yet in a state unaffected by the influences Of civilization or by contact with white settlers; who will probably never, to any great extent, occupy the fertile valleys, few and far between the great barren wastes Of the lava-capped mesas Of New Mexico and Arizona. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book A History of the Chaco Navajos Classic Reprint written by David M. Brugge and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A History of the Chaco Navajos If we are ever to gain the knowledge that we seek, the traditions of the descendants of the original inhabitants must be taken into account. Their lifeways, their world views, and their oral literature all form a part of these traditions. Perhaps even their histories during more recent periods may provide insights into earlier days. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Gentile System of the Navajo Indians Classic Reprint written by Washington Matthews and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-11 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gentile System of the Navajo Indians I. IN the most extensive and, to my mind, the most reliable ver sion which I have recorded of the great creation and migration myth of.the Navajos, more than two thirds of the story is told before the first mention of an existing gens is made. Men (or anthropo pathic animals and anthropomorphic gods, as they may better be considered) had ascended through four lower worlds to this world they had passed through many dire vicissitudes they had increased and warred and wandered; they had been almost exterminated by evil powers; the sacred brothers - the Navajo war-gods - had been born, had grown to manhood, and had in turn slain the evil tormen tors of their race, before the ancestors of the nuclear gens of the Navajos were created. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Her Navajo Lover Classic Reprint written by William Henry Robinson and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Her Navajo Lover "Robert, do you know that the Welles actually, actually, have a Chinaman for a nurse girl?" "I am sure there is nothing remarkable about that." I replied with cheerful prevarication. "Mrs. Dearsley has a Pima Indian boy who not only washes the dishes, but also washes Mrs. Dearsley's hair." "Impossible!" cried Catharine. "My witness is unimpeachable," I rejoined. "I had it from Mrs. Dearsley herself." We were sitting in the private dining-room of the "Owl." The dinner was the epitome of culinary art according to How Gee. and How Gee was, on the whole, the best chef Charlie Dick and Co. ever had. Nine months' residence in Arizona had quite reconciled me to How's combination of Spanish, French, and Chinese cookery, but Catharine, who had I arrived only the day before, was disposed to be critical. "To think of your having to endure this nearly a year," she said with a furtive look at the flapping blouse of our Chinese waiter. "Certainly we shall keep house." And that was what brought us to the question that follows one to the uttermost parts of the earth. Where would we find some one to prepare our dinners, and who would wash our dishes? "It will be necessary," I continued, "to find two girls somewhere. You must have a good cook in the kitchen, and a responsible maid to look after the front part of the house, and relieve you of some of the care of Bruce and Louise." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Report of a Visit to the Navajo Pueblo and Hualapais Indians of New Mexico and Arizona Classic Reprint written by Herbert Welsh and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of a Visit to the Navajo, Pueblo, and Hualapais Indians of New Mexico and Arizona The present buildings of the school are miserably inadequate to its needs. They are one story in height, and are built of adobe brick. In the rain y season the roof will not keep out the storms. The rooms are overcrowded. A new building is now being erected by the Government within one-quarter mile of the Old. This will give accommodation for one hundred and fifty scholars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book ROCK ART IN THE NAVAJO RESERVOIR DISTRICT written by POLLY. SCHAAFSMA and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Navajo and His Blanket Classic Reprint written by Uriah S. Hollister and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Navajo and His Blanket In decorating our homes with fine examples of our Indians' barbaric work which we willingly purchase at almost any price, we gratify our love for curious things and yield to our fancy for unusual embellishments; but in doing so we may also be building better than we know. Collections of the implements Of domestic use, and of warfare, and of the clothing and ornaments, made by the Indians of our eastern coast in the time when our Pilgrim Fathers landed, would be of great value now; and collections as sembled by us of similar articles made by the Indians of the present day will be hereafter of great ethnological and historic value. As Indian wars have gone out of fashion, present-time products of Indian handiwork, among which general attention is divided, are basketry, beadwork, buckskin garments, necklaces, pottery, and the Navajo blanket. The more conspicuous of these. And toward which the greatest interest is directed, are the basket and the blanket. Basket-making covers a wide range of territory, the art being prac ticed by many tribes, who produce an almost endless variety of forms and patterns. From Alaska southward along our western coast and in the Rocky Mountain region, wherever there is an Indian tribe or clan, we may find the native made basket in some form either for utilitarian, ceremonial, or ornamental purposes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Navajo Gambling Songs Classic Reprint written by Washington Matthews and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Navajo Gambling Songs He further stated that it took him four years to learn all he knew. I have not contented myself with hearing these songs from the mouth of one individual, but have had them sung to me by many persons from widely distant parts of the Navajo country - persons who had, perhaps, never exchanged a word with one another in their lives. The perfect uniformity with which they were repeated in most cases, and the close approach to uniformity in all other cases, were wonderful. These, like all other transmitted songs of this tribe, depend on a legend for their explanation. Recited by themselves, they seem almost meaningless; sung in connection with the story they are in tended to embellish, their significance is at once apparent. It is, therefore, necessary that I should tell something of the myth of the Kesitce; and, in order that the myth may be fully understood, a brief description of the game must be given. The Game Of The Kesitce. This is, to some extent, sacred in its nature, for the playing is confined to the winter, the only time when their myths may be told and their most important ceremonies conducted. It is practiced only during the dark hours. The real reason for this is probably that the stone used in the game cannot be hidden successfully by daylight; but if you ask an Indian why the game is played only at night, he will account for it by referring you to the myth and saying that he on whom the sun shines while he is engaged in the game will be struck blind. I have heard that on some occasions, when the stakes are heavy and the day begins to dawn on an undecided contest, they close all the apertures of the lodge with blankets, blacken the skin around their eyes, place a watch outside to prevent intrusion, and for a short time continue their sport. The implements of the game are eight moccasins; a roundish stone or pebble about an inch and a half in diameter; a blanket used as a screen; a stick with which to strike the moccasins; a chip blackened on one side that they toss up to decide which party shall begin the game, and one hundred and two counters, each about nine inches long made of a stiff, slender root-leaf of the Yucca angustifolia. Two of these counters are notched on the margins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Download or read book SKETCH OF THE NAVAJO TRIBE OF written by Jonathan Letherman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-09-05 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sketch of the Navajo Tribe of Indians, Territory of New Mexico They followed their route, [in the vicinity of the head cf the Gulf of California, ] and reached a place covered with ashes so hot that it was impossible to march over it, for they might as well have drowned themselves in the sea. The earth trembled like a drum, which caused the supposition of subterraneous lakes, and the ashes boiled in a man ner truly infernal. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Dine written by Aileen O'Bryan and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Dine Origin Myths of the Navaho Indians This I promised to do. I have recorded it without interpolation, and presented it, in so far as is possible, in the Old man's words. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Code Talker written by Chester Nez and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-09-06 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII. His name wasn’t Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the teachers sought to rid him of his culture and traditions. But discrimination didn’t stop Chester from answering the call to defend his country after Pearl Harbor, for the Navajo have always been warriors, and his upbringing on a New Mexico reservation gave him the strength—both physical and mental—to excel as a marine. During World War II, the Japanese had managed to crack every code the United States used. But when the Marines turned to its Navajo recruits to develop and implement a secret military language, they created the only unbroken code in modern warfare—and helped assure victory for the United States over Japan in the South Pacific. INCLUDES THE ACTUAL NAVAJO CODE AND RARE PICTURES
