Bitter Water - Dine Oral Histories of the Navajo-hopi Land Dispute

Informationen zum Autor Malcolm D. Benally studied Navajo and English at Northern Arizona University. He is currently the Community Involvement Coordinator for Kayenta Township in Kayenta, Arizona. He continues his work documenting the stories of Navajo elders and is an advocate for cultural literacy in his community. Klappentext Bitter Water presents the narrative of four Dine women forced to relocate from their native lands. This is the first book that centers on the stories of the women who have lived during this period - in their own words and in the Navajo language. It is a chronicle of resistance and lifeways spoken from the hearts of those who have lived it.

Product details

• Authors: Malcolm D./ Nez Denetdale Benally
• Assisted by: Mary Fish (Photographs), Malcolm D Benally (Editor), Malcolm D. Benally (Editor), Malcolm D. Benally (Translation)
• Publisher: The University of Arizona Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2011
• EAN: 9780816528981
• ISBN: 978-0-8165-2898-1
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies; First Peoples: New Directions; First Peoples: New Directions
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology