Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life

by Jim Kristofic

Overview

With tales of gangs and skinwalkers, an Indian Boy Scout troop, a fanatical Sunday school teacher, and the author's own experience of sincere friendships that lead to hózhó (beautiful harmony), Kristofic's memoir is an honest portrait of growing up on—and growing to love—the Reservation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826349477
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	10/15/2011
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	230
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Jim Kristofic grew up on the Navajo Reservation in northeastern Arizona. He has written for the Navajo Times, Arizona Highways, Native Peoples Magazine, and High Country News. He is the author of Medicine Women: The Story of the First Native American Nursing School and Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life. He lives in Taos, New Mexico.