With a simplicity as disarming as it is frank, Left Handed tells of his birth in the spring of 1868 "when the cottonwood leaves were about the size of his] thumbnail," of family chores such as guarding the sheep near the hogan, and of his sexual awakening.
She is the author of Reclaiming Din History: The Legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita and The Long Walk: The Forced Exile of the Navajo ..
Jennifer Denetdale (Din /Navajo) is the first Din /Navajo to earn a PhD in history and is an associate professor of American studies at the University of New Mexico.
He studied Navajo language and published Old Mexican .
Walter Dyk (1899-1972) was a linguist who studied under Edward Sapir.
At the time of Walter Dyk\'s interviews about his life, he was positioned as an elder who had lived well and prospered.
About the Author: Left Handed (Navajo) (1868-?) was a Din man who was born at Hwe ldi (the Bosque Redondo prison camp), where the American military held Navajos from 1863 to 1868, and then returned to the Navajo homeland with his family.
The style of the narrative is almost biblical in its rhythms, but biblical, too, in many respects, is the traditional way of life it recounts.
He learns the Navajo lifeway, which is founded on the principles of honesty, foresightedness, and self-discipline.
As Left Handed grows in understanding and stature, the accumulated wisdom of his people is revealed to him.
As he grows older, his account turns to life in the open: nomadic cattle-raising, farming, trading, communal enterprises, tribal dances and ceremonies, lovemaking, and marriage.
With a simplicity as disarming as it is frank, Left Handed tells of his birth in the spring of 1868 "when the cottonwood leaves were about the size of his] thumbnail," of family chores such as guarding the sheep near the hogan, and of his sexual awakening
