Fleming Community Library

A retelling of the Navaho legend that explains the patterns of the stars in the sky.

In this volume, 25 writers share their visions of the American Southwest in 44 pieces of poetry and prose written in all genres--poetry, prose, fiction, and non-fiction. Includes information on each writer.

Recounts the history of the vaqueros in the Spanish New World who mastered the art of cow herding and taught it to the inexperienced settlers of the American West three hundred years later.

Thirty years ago the University of California Press published an unusual manuscript by an anthropology student named Carlos Castaneda. The Teachings of Don Juan initiated a generation of seekers dissatisfied with the limitations of the Western worldview. Castaneda's now classic book remains controversial for the alternative way of seeing that it presents and the revolution in cognition it demands. In a series of fascinating dialogues, Castaneda sets...

Discusses the native Americans known as the Anasazi, who migrated to southwestern Colorado in the first century A.D. and mysteriously disappeared in 1300 A.D. after constructing extensive dwellings in the cliffs of the steep canyon walls.

Presents a brief introduction to the Navajo Indians including information on their society, homes, food, clothing, crafts, and life today.

When Spanish explorers came to the Southwest region of the United States in the 1600s, they found over 20,000 American Indians already living in the region. These American Indians were part of many different nations. They had their own languages and cultures, and they had developed ways to survive in the desert landscape. Pueblo people lived in permanent villages made of adobe brick. The Hopi had fifty different ways to cook and eat corn. The Navajo...

Retells the Navajo tale of how a stubborn girl learns from the Spider Woman how to keep life in balance by respecting its boundaries.