A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday Volume 251 Contributor(s): Holiday, John (Author), McPherson, Robert S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 080614176X ISBN-13: 9780806141763 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 2011 Click for more in this series: Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback) |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Native American & Aboriginal |
Dewey: B |
Series: Civilization of the American Indian (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (1.36 lbs) 420 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents |
Review Citations: Reference and Research Bk News 06/01/2011 pg. 44 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: For almost ninety years, Navajo medicine man John Holiday has watched the sun rise over the rock formations of his home in Monument Valley. Author and scholar Robert S. McPherson interviewed Holiday extensively and in A Navajo Legacy records his full and fascinating life. In the first part of this book, Holiday describes how, at an early age, he began an apprenticeship with his grandfather to learn the Blessingway ceremony. As a youth, Holiday traveled over the desert with family members to find forage for the animals and plants for healing practices. He experienced the invasion of Monument Valley by whites and later participated in the early filmmaking industry. Holiday was employed in the 1930s with the Civilian Conservation Corps and then served a brief stint in the military. During the 1950s he mined in one of the two largest uranium deposits on the Navajo Reservation. He also worked on the railroad in Utah. But he always returned to eke out a living with his livestock and agriculture. In the second part of the book, Holiday details family and tribal teachings. All of Holiday's experiences and teachings reflect the thoughts of a traditional practitioner who has found in life both beauty and lessons for future generations. |
Contributor Bio(s): McPherson, Robert S.: - Robert S. McPherson is Professor of History Emeritus at Utah State University-Blanding Campus. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books on Navajo history and the history of the Southwest, including Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker (with Samuel Holiday) and Viewing the Ancestors: Perceptions of the Anaasází, Mokwic, and Hisatsinom. |
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