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  • I knew much about rocketry, astronautics and the political aspects of our space program, but not much about the Navahos, except from visits I had made over the years to New Mexico and Arizona.

    Ten Minutes, That's It Benjamin Kral 2010

  • They never told the Navahos who worked in uranium mines what the dangers were.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • They never told the Navahos who worked in uranium mines what the dangers were.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • They never told the Navahos who worked in uranium mines what the dangers were.

    Underworld Don Delillo 2008

  • He tells how much of the oral tradition is still being kept secret by the Hopis, Navahos, and other tribes.

    Archive 2005-02-01 ricklibrarian 2005

  • I just saw a copy of the book which claimed that the Athabascans, Navahos, et al are descended from Tanggut refugees from the Mongol conquest of Hsi-Hsia.

    languagehat.com: LINEAR A IN BULGARIA. 2005

  • Ironically, the land that nourished Grey spiritually -- northern Arizona and southern Utah-provided the resident Navahos a sunbaked, barren soil to support their attempts to grow crops and raise animals.

    Zane Grey, Romancing the West May, Stephen J. 1997

  • On one hand, he seems to support his heroes who force their wills on others; on the other he can't stand the thought of a religious group forcing its ideas on the Navahos.

    Zane Grey, Romancing the West May, Stephen J. 1997

  • They were skilled weavers and silversmiths, and these trades saw the Navahos through the harsh times on the reservation.

    Zane Grey, Romancing the West May, Stephen J. 1997

  • The Navahos (called Nopahs by Grey in the novel) came to the reservation in the Four Corners area in 1869, after a period of imprisonment in New Mexico.

    Zane Grey, Romancing the West May, Stephen J. 1997

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