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Navajo tradition, Mormon life : the autobiography and teachings of Jim Dandy / Robert S. McPherson, Jim Dandy, and Sarah E. Burak.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, (c)2012.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 292 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781607812227
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • BX8695 .N383 2012
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Contents:
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.
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Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD) G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE Non-fiction BX8695.36 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available ocn961604216

Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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