Tag: navajo
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August 16, 2007 08:51 PM EDT --
August 14 is designated as National Code Talker Day. This year I was privileged to witness a small ceremony celebrating the Navajo men who literally turned the tide of World War II against . . .
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June 07, 2006 07:52 AM EDT --
Written for my nephew, Christian Robert, when he was six or seven. Chris was born in the Navajo Nation Hospital in Shiprock, New Mexico, where his mother is a pediatric nurse-practioner for the Public . . .
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October 17, 2006 07:23 PM EDT --
A young Navajo man sits outside the most popular breakfast place in town. Niyol sits cross-legged most mornings as I walk my boys to school, sits with the same ripped jeans, the same black sweatshirt that . . .
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June 06, 2008 04:20 PM EDT --
I just received some photos my uncle had taken long, long ago, when I was too young to realize that my perfect little world would change - too young to dream dreams of my own, so I dreamed the dreams . . .
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April 11, 2008 02:21 PM EDT --
I have been reading Tony Hillerman's Navajo mysteries for years. The first ones were great. The best part about them you learn about the Navajo Indians way of life. Over . . .
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August 23, 2007 10:02 PM EDT --
Wisdom of an elderly Navajo woman ...
"THE BOTTLE OF WINE"
For all of us who are married, were married, wish you were married, or wish you weren't married... this is something . . .
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June 20, 2008 02:56 PM EDT --
While looking for something in my files I came across my lists of books I have read over the years. Has anyone else read any of these?
1. The Dragon of the Lost Star by Weis and Hickman . . .
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November 10, 2008 09:49 PM EST --
Does anyone know what the lyrics are to this song and have a good translation of it? I know it's sung in Navajo, but I wonder what the lyrics mean. I know what the Sacred Wind is about, . . .
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November 04, 2008 05:01 PM EST --
I'm not into mysteries at all, but I do real Tony Hillerman's novels set within the Navajo Naiton. I have visited the area many times, but not in a while. I really like that area and . . .
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December 04, 2007 04:07 AM EST --
Sally was driving home from one of her business trips in Northern Arizona when she saw an elderly Navajo woman walking on the side of the road.
As the trip was a long and quiet one, she stopped the . . .
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November 11, 2008 09:46 AM EST --
If you can't pick who you want for President, you can always pick piñon.
An old woman squats close to the ground next to a short, squat pine. She wears a thick cabled sweater to protect . . .
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May 22, 2006 01:18 AM EDT --
Squash
Blossom
Necklace
One of the most characteristic of Southwest Indian jewelry designs, the squash blossom necklace was not
traditional until after the arrival of Spanish soldiers . . .
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March 14, 2007 07:00 PM EDT --
Last month my husband Bill, our daughter Beth and I went to Arizona and Utah on vacation. We spent 3 days in Phoenix with my husband's mom and sister and 4 days we traveled to the Grand Canyon and . . .
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November 07, 2008 09:14 PM EST --
Remember when I posted that little blurb asking if anyone reads Tony Hillerman books? About three weeks ago, I checked out a book after a long break of not reading any of them. Then, about . . .
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August 23, 2007 09:04 AM EDT --
Thursday, August 23
Wild Card!
Post your best story, poem, or article on writing! A prize (Yes! A real-life prize that I will ship to you!) will be awarded to the piece that I enjoy the most:
The Navajo . . .
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October 05, 2006 03:06 AM EDT --
Anna Mae Langford Leigh was my maternal grandmother. She was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, on February 15, 1903, in a polygamous Mormon colony. Her father had two wives.
Not such a big deal, considering some . . .
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August 17, 2007 11:33 PM EDT --
Vivian Vance and her sister owned the house I call my own. They lived in this simple cracked-stucco box on the edge of the Great Plains, where Mother Earth New Mexico gives birth to a flat-chested Oklahoman . . .
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February 15, 2006 12:25 PM EST --
Anna Mae Langford Leigh was my maternal grandmother. She was born in Oaxaca, Mexico, on February 15, 1903, in a polygamous Mormon colony. Her father had two wives.
Not such a big deal, considering some . . .
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August 23, 2007 12:53 PM EDT --
The fire burned hot, casting away shadows from most of the people sitting around it. The sweet smell of the burning logs and ceremonial herbs wafted fragrantly through the air, vivid reminders . . .
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September 09, 2007 05:57 AM EDT --
Here is a word game for all you word game fans. Post a word of any length - one or more letters, starting with any letter of any alphabet. That's the stupid part. Here's the catch . . .
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