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Author:

Caswell, Kurt, 1969-

Title:

In the sun's house : my year teaching on the Navajo reservation / Kurt Caswell ; afterword by Rex Lee Jim.

Publisher:

Trinity University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xiv, 299 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Caswell, Kurt,--1969-
Teachers--New Mexico--Biography.
Navajo teenagers--Education--New Mexico.
Navajo teenagers--New Mexico--Attitudes.
Teacher-student relationships--Navajo Indian Reservation.
Navajo Indian Reservation--Social life and customs.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-299).

Contents:

This is Borrego -- School days -- The road to Crownpoint -- Walking -- The trading post -- The wolves of the mountains -- Cardinal rules -- The Hogan -- Eastern Navajo agency spelling bee -- The last best walk -- Romeo and Juliet -- Goodbye, Borrego.

Summary:

Describes Caswell's year teaching at Borrego Pass, a remote Navajo community in northwest New Mexico, detailing his failings and successes as he struggles to bridge the gap between himself and the community.

ISBN:

1595340602 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781595340603 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1595340564 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781595340566

OCLC:

(OCoLC)316026432

LCCN:

2009020128

Locations:

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TNPD062 -- Belle Plaine Community Library (Belle Plaine)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

MBPE423 -- Robert W. Barlow Memorial Library (Iowa Falls)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)