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Arizona's Lords of the Land!
Boye Lafayette De Mente
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The History, Traditional Customs and Wisdom of the Navajos as Revealed by Key Words in Their Language
出版Cultural-Insight Books, 2010-05-24
主題History / Indigenous Peoples in the AmericasHistory / Social HistorySocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies
ISBN14528827389781452882734
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=CWysfttGZp0C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Arizona's Navajo Indians, the largest tribe of Native Americans in the U.S. with a Reservation larger than 10 of the smaller states, arrived in the area several thouand years agos--an amazing event chornicled in their oral history and in key words in their language. Author Boye Lafayette De Mente has used these key words to reveal not only the history but the extraordinary culture and wisdom of the Navajos. Far from being simple savages when they first encountered white men in the 1500s, they had a long tradition of poetry and healing that equaled that of European nations. The book also details the virtual extinction of the Navajos in the 1860s by the U.S. military and their comback from this "Fearing Time"--an amazing saga of American arrogance, ignorance and inhuman treamtment of an extraordinary people.