The First Laugh Ceremony is a celebration held to welcome a new member of the community. As everyone—from Baby's nima (mom) to nadi (big sister) to cheii (grandfather)—tries to elicit the joyous sound from Baby, readers are introduced to details about Navajo life and the Navajo names for family members. --publisher
Themes
Genres: Fiction
Categories: Beautiful Life, Race/Culture Concepts
Content: Bi/multilingual
Settings: Unspecified
Tribal Affiliation/Homelands: Diné (Navajo Nation - Arizona; New Mexico and Utah)
Gender: Boy/Man, Girl/Woman, Unspecified
Race/Culture: First/Native Nations/American Indian/Indigenous
Character Prominence: Dominant Main, Secondary