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PublisherCreateSpace
ISBN-101497581451
ISBN-139781497581456
eBay Product ID (ePID)218976748
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Book TitleNavajo Life : a Bilingual Children's Picture Book
Number of Pages24 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicNative American
IllustratorTsihnajinnie, Andrew, Yes
GenreLiterary Collections
AuthorHildegard Thompson
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight3.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width8.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisThis book tells the story of a Navajo girl named Bah and her brother Kee, beautifully illustrated by Navajo artist Andrew Tsihnijinnie. First published in 1946, it was used in schools and to teach literacy to adult Navajos. It is dedicated to all children, Navajo and non-Navajo alike. The bold and graphic illustrations by Andrew Tsinajinnie reflect Navajo Life of that era. He was already making a living as an artist at the time and was named an Arizona Living Treasure in 1991 . Native Child Dinetah has colorized the illustrations to introduce a new generation of readers to this great artist and children's book. Starting in the 1930s, the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs began publishing many collaborations illustrated by Native Americans and largely penned by Anglo writers as bilingual textbooks . They were the first bilingual materials published on any large scale in this country. This was a time of change. The BIA was just beginning to allow Native Americans to speak their own languages, because until then Congress had mandated total assimilation. So the BIA's bilingual textbooks, published under the rubric of Indian Life Readers, was considered revolutionary. This is such a book.
