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[2019]., Blue Rider Press Call No: HI-INT 796.323 POW Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Deep in the heart of northern Arizona, in a small and isolated patch of the vast 17.5-million-acre Navajo reservation, sits Chinle High School. Here, basketball is passion, passed from grandparent to parent to child. Rez Ball is a sport for winters where dark and cold descend fast and there is little else to do but roam mesa tops, work, and wonder what the future holds. The town has 4,500 residents and the high school arena seats 7,000. Fans drive thirty, fifty, even eighty miles to see the fast-paced and highly competitive matchups that are more than just games to players and fans. Celebrated Times journalist Michael Powell brings us a narrative of triumph and hardship, a moving story about a basketball team on a Navajo reservation that shows how important sports can be to youths in struggling communities, and the transcendent magic and painful realities that confront Native Americans living on reservations. This book details his season-long immersion in the team, town, and culture, in which there were exhilarating wins, crushing losses, and conversations on long bus rides across the desert about dreams of leaving home and the fear of the same"--Provided by the publisher.
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2018., Primary, Albert Whitman & Company Call No: B Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: At boarding school, as a young boy, Chester Nez was taught that his native Navajo language was useless. During World War II, he was recruited to use that language to create an unbreakable military code.
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-- Navajo code talker's story2018., Primary, Albert Whitman & Company Call No: 940.54 BRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "As a boy, Chester Nez was taught his native language and culture were useless, but he was later called on to use his Navajo language to help create an unbreakable military code during WWII"-- Provided by publisher.
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c1995., Juvenile, F. Watts Call No: 940.54 8673 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A first book
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c1995, Juvenile, F. Watts Call No: 940.54 8673 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: A first book
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copyright2013., WordSong, an imprint of Highlights Call No: 791.84 Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Rodeo riders are athletes--skilled, smart, and tough. It takes brains, muscles, and a lot of practice to wrestle a racing steer to the ground or stay on top of a bucking, twisting bronco.
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By Tingle, Tim[2013]., Adolescent, 7th Generation Call No: NL HISTORICAL F TIN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Danny Blackgoat Volume: 1
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By Young, Brian[2022]., Heartdrum Call No: NL FANTASY F YOU Edition: First paperback edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "When Nathan goes to visit his grandma, Nal, at her mobile summer home on the Navajo reservation, he knows he's in for a pretty uneventful summer, with no electricity or cell service. Still, he loves spending time with Nali and with his uncle Jet, though it's clear that when Jet arrives that he brings his problems with him. One night, while lost in the nearby desert, Nathan finds someone extraordinary: a Holy Being from the Navajo Creation Story--a Water Monster---in need of help. Now Nathan must summon all his courage to save his new friend. With the help of other Navajo Holy Beings, Nathan is determined to save the Water Monster and to support Uncle Jet in healing from his own pain' --taken from back cover.
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c1993., Lerner Publications Co. Call No: 970.3 ROE Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: We are still hereSummary Note: Celinda McKelvey, a Navajo girl, participates in the Kinaalda, the traditional coming-of-age ceremony of her people.
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c1993, Juvenile, Lerner Publications Co Call No: 978 Ro Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: We are still hereSummary Note: Celinda McKelvey, a Navajo girl, participates in the Kinaalda, the traditional coming-of-age ceremony of her people.
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c2018., Primary, Cavendish Square Call No: 940.54 8673 Edition: 1st ed. Electronic ed. Click here to read this eBook Series Title: Life as...Summary Note: Among the reasons for the allied triumph is the creation of a code based on the Navajo language, a code that was never broken. This is the story of how these code talkers lived, worked, and ultimately influenced World War II.
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c2018., Primary, Cavendish Square Call No: 940.54 8673 Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Life as...Summary Note: Among the reasons for the allied triumph is the creation of a code based on the Navajo language, a code that was never broken. This is the story of how these code talkers lived, worked, and ultimately influenced World War II.
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c1989, Rourke Publications Call No: 973 .0497 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: Native American peopleSummary Note: Examines the history, traditional lifestyle, and current situation of the Navajo Indians.
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c1995., Juvenile, Macmillan Books for Young Readers Call No: 411 TAP Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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2018., Lerner Publications Call No: 940.54 KALLEN Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: In the South Pacific in 1944 and 1945, military battles raged between the United States and Japan. Surrounded by rattling bullets and exploding bombs, a group of Navajo Marines sent secret messages back and forth. They used a code they had created from the Navajo language, a code the enemy was never able to crack. These young men had been recruited from their homes in the American Southwest. They brought with them incredible physical stamina and a language that had never been written down. Learn more about the Navajo code talkers--brave, creative heroes who used their unbreakable code to help the Allies win the war.
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1992., Juvenile, Walker Call No: 940.54 8673 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.
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2002, c1992., Juvenile, Walker Call No: 940.54 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: Describes how the American military in World War II used a group of Navajo Indians to create an indecipherable code based on their native language.
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c2004., Juvenile, compass Point Books Call No: 940.54 8673 Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)View cover image provided by Mackin Series Title: We the peopleSummary Note: Offers a brief overview of the role Navajo Code Talkers played in World War II.
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c1991., Chelsea House Call No: 970.3 WOO Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Series Title: The Junior library of American IndiansSummary Note: Examines the history, culture, and future prospects of the Navajo Indians.