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Navajo tradition, Mormon life : the autobiography and teachings of Jim Dandy / Robert S. McPherson, Jim Dandy, and Sarah E. Burak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dandy, Jim.
- Latter Day Saints--Biography.
- Latter Day Saints.
- Navajo Indians--Biography.
- Navajo Indians.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (307 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Born in the early 1940s in northern Arizona's high country desert, Jim Dandy began life imbued with the traditions of the Navajo people.Raised by his father and grandfather--both medicine men--and a grandmother steeped in Navajo practices, he embraced their teachings and followed in their footsteps.
- Contents:
- Jim's life and times in perspective: an overview of navajo and mormon history
- Praying to jesus, standing for monster slayer: traditional navajo syncretism and lds beliefs
- Jim?s early years: ?only a stick is left standing?
- Learning of navajo culture: teachings of the hogan and life
- Boarding schools and placement: education in the dandy family
- Of mission, college, and marriage: the ties that bind
- Education as a life?s work: serving the people
- Holy people, the creation, and its end: the navajo world
- Animals, birds, and insects: their place and power
- Offerings, songs, and ceremonies: interacting with the holy people
- The light and dark sides: avoiding and curing evil.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-222-3
- OCLC:
- 818734130
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