Indigenous Thinkers

Rodgerick Begay, 1996

Orginal citation from url address: http://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/biblio.htm

This bibliography is composed of books on the Diné tribe, and is an attempt to extend Dr. Peter Iverson's Navajo Bibliography, which was published in 1976 by Indiana University Press. Selections made for this bibliography are intended to introduce students to the Diné and cover Navajo tribal government, arts and crafts, ceremonies, legends, languages, Code Talkers, education, etc.

Readers should be aware that there often is a translation problem between Navajo and English languages. Therefore, authors who attempt to describe any aspects of the Navajo culture, philosophy, and way of life, should be looked upon from a critical standpoint. For example, there is no Navajo "religion" but there is a practice of religious ceremonies. There are no words in the English language to describe Navajo "religion" but it is the closest translation equivalent. I want to stress that Navajo creation stories are considered real to the Navajo people, and students should be aware that there are many versions of them.

Patricia Polacco is an internationally-known author of children's books.

Reprinted From TruthsOut Website

Truthsout Editor's Note: Popular children's author Patricia Polacco has been censured by McGraw-Hill for her statements critical of President Bush's education reform program, No Child Left Behind (NCLB). The Nation has reported that "the amount of cross-pollination and mutual admiration between the Administration and that empire [McGraw-Hill] is striking: Harold McGraw Jr. sits on the national grant advisory and founding board of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. McGraw in turn received the highest literacy award from President Bush in the early 1990s, for his contributions to the cause of literacy. The McGraw Foundation awarded current Bush Education Secretary Rod Paige its highest educator's award while Paige was Houston's school chief; Paige, in turn, was the keynote speaker at McGraw-Hill's "government initiatives" conference last spring. Harold McGraw III was selected as a member of President George W. Bush's transition advisory team.... An ex-chief of staff for Barbara Bush is returning to work for Laura Bush in the White House - after a stint with McGraw-Hill as a media relations executive. John Negroponte left his position as McGraw-Hill's executive vice president for global markets to become Bush's ambassador to the United Nations." Neil Bush left McGraw-Hill when he started his educational software company, Ignite. - vh/TO

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