Navajos (First Americans Book)

Describes the family life, ceremonies, and nomadic existence of the Navajos and explains their history as they fought the Utes and Pueblos for territory, their transformation into sheep herders, and their encounters with Spanish settlers.

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve spent her childhood on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and now lives with her husband in Rapid City, South Dakota. She is the anthologist of the highly acclaimed poetry book, Dancing Teepees : Poems of American Indian Youth, illustrated by Stephen Gammell. The mother of three grown children, Ms. Sneve works as a high school counselor and teaches English at Oglala Lakota College, Rapid City Extension.