Navajo Long Walk: Tragic Story Of A Proud Peoples Forced March From Homeland

by Joseph Bruchac, Shonto Begay (Editor), Shonto Begay (Illustrator)

Overview

Powerfully written from the perspective of the Navajos and illustrated with deeply personal interpretations of historic events, this book sheds fresh light on a shameful episode of American history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792270584
Publisher:	Disney Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/01/2002
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	242,742
Product dimensions:	9.33(w) x 11.37(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	1030L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Joseph Bruchac is a writer and storyteller of Abenaki heritage who feels that his life’s work is sharing stories told to him by elders of various Native American peoples. Bruchac has been awarded Rockefeller Humanities and NEA Poetry fellowships and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. His more than 70 children’s books include Sacajawea: The Journal of Jesse Smoke, A Cherokee Boy on the Trail of Tears; and Native American Games and Stories, which he co-authored with his son, Jim. Bruchac lives in Greenfield Center, New York.