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Informationen zum Autor Born in Keams Canyon, Arizona, in 1937, Peterson Zah became director of the Navajo Legal Services Program. He was later elected as chairman of the Navajo Tribal Council and then as president of the Navajo Nation. He was also a special advisor to the president of Arizona State University which presented him with an honorary doctorate in 2005. Peter Iverson is Regents' Professor of History (emeritus) at Arizona State University. He is the author or editor of 15 books including Diné A History of the Navajos and "We Are Still Here" American Indians in the Twentieth Century. Klappentext Perhaps no one in the Southwest has done more than Peterson Zah to increase the recruitment, retention, and graduation of American Indian students from colleges and universities. Zah's presentations to Peter Iverson's classes at Arizona State University, employed examples drawn from his own experiences. This book grew out of Iverson's determination to share Zah's insights with a wider audience. Zusammenfassung Perhaps no one in the Southwest has done more than Peterson Zah to increase the recruitment! retention! and graduation of American Indian students from colleges and universities. Zah's presentations to Peter Iverson's classes at Arizona State University! employed examples drawn from his own experiences. This book grew out of Iverson's determination to share Zah's insights with a wider audience.
