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The short stories and poems in A Radiant Curve, often contain lessons on morals, identity, and tradition in Navajo society. Oral tradition is an important part of many Native American cultures and was used as a way to pass down heritage and values through the generations.
The story also earned her nominations for the 2018 Locus Award for Best Short Story, the 2018 Theodore Sturgeon Award, and the 2018 World Fantasy Award for Best Short Fiction. [ 13 ] Her first novel, Trail of Lightning , is an "apocalyptic adventure" set in Dinétah, formerly the Navajo reservation in the Southwestern United States , with ...
La Farge also wrote and published short stories, in magazines such as The New Yorker and Esquire. His more notable works, both fiction and non-fiction, emphasize Native American culture. He was most familiar with the Navajo people, had a speaking knowledge of their language, and was nicknamed by them 'Anast'harzi Nez', i.e. "Tall Cliff-Dweller".
Diné Bahaneʼ (Navajo pronunciation: [tɪ̀né pɑ̀xɑ̀nèʔ], Navajo: "Story of the People"), is a Navajo creation story that describes the prehistoric emergence of the Navajo as a part of the Navajo religious beliefs.
[2] [4] All stories contained within the anthology are tales that have been told orally for centuries within Native American tribes. [6] [7] As the title of the collection suggests, each story contains a character that is known and depicted as a Trickster. [2] This character is the main focus of the story and is typically depicted as an animal ...
Former Daily Times reporter Debi Tracy Olsen wrote a 26-week series in the 1990s that examined the Long Walk from the Navajo perspective.
A 15-year-old boy who is the foster child and the main character of the story. [citation needed] Thomas Builds-the-Fire The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven: The character who appears in "This is What it Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona". [citation needed] Victor Joseph One of the main characters of the short story collection. [citation ...
The Navajo story centered on the Navajo clan who encountered the men, who chose to enter an area considered taboo, full of Navajo witches and skinwalkers, [1] (also discussed in Hillerman's earlier novel Skinwalkers) and needed cleansing ceremonies after the white men were found dead. The novel also refers to the Vietnam War, which ended in ...