new mexico

Presents twenty-six short stories written in the tradition of the author's Native American heritage.

Ella Clah, a special investigator with the Navajo Police, finds herself at a loss for clues when a rash of murders accompanies the proposal by a group of businessmen to open a uranium mine and nuclear power plant on the Navajo Reservation.

Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah's life is full of change as she adjusts to her mother's desires to resume the personal and political life she led before having children.

Presents selected readings from "Bless Me, Ultima, " a novel about a healer who helps Antonio after coming to live with his family in New Mexico, and includes a discussion of the lifestyles of Chicano farmers and ranchers, a Spanish-English glossary, and questions for the reader.

Details a day in the life of a rural Maryland boy of Piscataway and Apache descent, looking at his family, the history of both his tribes, and some traditional ceremonies and customs that are still observed in the early twenty-first century.

Details a day in the life of a rural Maryland boy of Piscataway and Apache descent, looking at his family, the history of his tribe, and some traditional ceremonies and customs that are still observed today.

When T?a Dolores, the beloved aunt who has cared for the Montoya family since the death of their mother, announces that she is planning to leave, Josefina and her sisters try to find a way to change her mind.

Sonny Baca, a private eye in Albuquerque, is investigating the brutal murder of his cousin Gloria. The investigation reveals that the murder is linked to local politics, a battle over nuclear waste transport, and a bizarre cult.

Fourteen-year-old Kendall, half Anglo and half Acoma Indian, travels through time to sixteenth-century Acoma, New Mexico, where, in the midst of the invasion of Spanish conquistadors, he joins his Acoma ancestors to play his destined role as the last member of the Snake Clan.

Contains seven related fiction stories that focus on the life of Roc?o Esquibel as she grows from girl to woman in a small southern New Mexico town.