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Show FiltersFirst laugh – Welcome Baby!
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
“Fall in line, Holden!”
At a very strict school in Indigenous Nation, everyone but Holden stays in line until they reach the door at the end of the school day.
The stone cutter & The Navajo maiden / Tsé yitsidí dóó chʼiḱę́ęh bitsédaashjééʼ
When the metate, or grinding stone, that Cinnibah uses to grind corn into flour breaks, she sets out on a quest to mend the precious family heirloom.
The hogan that great-grandfather built
A child describes what daily life is like for his Navajo family living in a hogan built long, long ago by his great-grandfather.
Beauty beside me
Describes how Navajo grandmothers wear their colorful traditional skirts as they go about the activities of daily life while sharing their knowledge, wisdom, and love with their granddaughters