[PDF] Navajo Blessingway Singer eBook

Author : Frank Mitchell
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 30,11 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780826331816

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This life history of a Navajo leader, recorded in the 1960s and first published in 1977, is a classic work in the study of Navajo history and religious traditions. "A skillful, meticulous, and altogether praiseworthy contribution to Navajo studies. . . . Although the focus of Mitchell's autobiography is upon his role as a Blessingway singer, there is much material here on Navajo history and culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Mitchell attended the government school at Fort Defiance, worked on the railroad in Arizona, served as a handyman and interpreter at several trading posts and the Franciscan missions, and later served as a tribal councilman in the 1930s and as a judge in the 1940s and 1950s. His observations on these experiences are relevant to our understanding of contemporary Navajo life."--Lawrence C. Kelly, Western Historical Quarterly "This book stands easily among the best of the 'native' autobiographies. Narrated by a thoughtful and articulate Navajo leader over a span of eighteen years, this life history is brought into English with none of the selective romanticizing that has spoiled some books. . . . (It is) a superb job of bringing one culture ever closer to another."--Barre Tolken, Western Folklore

Author : Frisbie
Publisher :
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 25,29 MB
Release : 1975
Category :
ISBN : 9780816517398

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This important biography of a noted Navajo leader is now available only from UNM Press.

Author : Leland C. Wyman
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 689 pages
File Size : 13,83 MB
Release : 2017-05-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0816535833

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An outstanding work crafted from the handwritten pages of translations from the Navajo of the late Father Berard Haile giving three separate versions of the Blessingway rite with each version consisting of a prose text accompanied by the ritual songs and prayers. Valuable insights into the character and use of the Blessingway rite; its ceremonial procedures, its mythology, and its drypaintings.

Author : Chronicle Books (Firm)
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 38,8 MB
Release : 1994-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN :

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A compact introduction to the wisdom and philosophy of the Navajo Indians includes information on their history, origin myths, ceremonial traditions, chantways, and sand paintings.

Author : Joseph Bruchac
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 23,92 MB
Release : 2006-07-06
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 1101664800

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"Readers who choose the book for the attraction of Navajo code talking and the heat of battle will come away with more than they ever expected to find."—Booklist, starred review Throughout World War II, in the conflict fought against Japan, Navajo code talkers were a crucial part of the U.S. effort, sending messages back and forth in an unbreakable code that used their native language. They braved some of the heaviest fighting of the war, and with their code, they saved countless American lives. Yet their story remained classified for more than twenty years. But now Joseph Bruchac brings their stories to life for young adults through the riveting fictional tale of Ned Begay, a sixteen-year-old Navajo boy who becomes a code talker. His grueling journey is eye-opening and inspiring. This deeply affecting novel honors all of those young men, like Ned, who dared to serve, and it honors the culture and language of the Navajo Indians. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults "Nonsensational and accurate, Bruchac's tale is quietly inspiring..."—School Library Journal

Author : Ellen K. Moore
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : Art
ISBN : 081654008X

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Sunset. Fire. Rainbow. Drawing on such common occurrences of light, Navajo artists have crafted an uncommon array of design in colored glass beads. Beadwork is an art form introduced to the Navajos through other Indian and Euro-American contacts, but it is one that they have truly made their own. More than simple crafts, Navajo beaded designs are architectures of light. Ellen Moore has written the first history of Navajo beadwork—belts and hatbands, baskets and necklaces—in a book that examines both the influence of Navajo beliefs in the creation of this art and the primacy of light and color in Navajo culture. Navajo Beadwork: Architectures of Light traces the evolution of the art as explained by traders, Navajo consultants, and Navajo beadworkers themselves. It also shares the visions, words, and art of 23 individual artists to reveal the influences on their creativity and show how they go about creating their designs. As Moore reveals, Navajo beadwork is based on an aggregate of beliefs, categories, and symbols that are individually interpreted and transposed into beaded designs. Most designs are generated from close observation of light in the natural world, then structured according to either Navajo tradition or the newer spirituality of the Native American Church. For many beadworkers, creating designs taps deeply embedded beliefs so that beaded objects reflect their thoughts and prayers, their aesthetic sensibilities, and their sense of being Navajo—but above all, their attention to light and its properties. No other book offers such an intimate view of this creative process, and its striking color plates attest to the wondrous results. Navajo Beadwork: Architectures of Light is a valuable record of ethnographic research and a rich source of artistic insight for lovers of beadwork and Native American art.

Author : Ellen McCullough-Brabson
Publisher : UNM Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 23,42 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Compact discs
ISBN : 9780826322173

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A remarkable collaboration between a university music professor and her one-time student, a traditional Navajo who teaches on the reservation.