Navajo Place Names: An Observer's Guide - Softcover

Wilson, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0884328252 ISBN 13: 9780884328254

Publisher: Mps Multimedia Inc. DBA Selectsoft, 1995

Synopsis

It is well known that the Navajo name rocks, trees, creeks, canyons, and, in general, almost every spot. This observer's guide and the collection of the most widely known and used names in Navajo coversations and discourse was compiled and written by Alan Wilson, formerly Professor of Navajo language at the Gallup Branch, University of New Mexico.The place names in the book are arranged in alphabetical order, non-Navajo names first. The Navajo name is next, followed by a roughly literal translation of the complete Navajo term. Historical notes and location data are provided for each name. The accompanying recording, read by native speakers of Navajo, provides the pronunciation guide and the entire text of place names. The foreword is by Pulitzer Prize winning novelist N.Scott Momaday.1 Cd and text

About this title

About the Author

A preeminent practitioner of twentieth century literature, N. Scott Momaday is perhaps best known for having blazed a trail for contemporary Native American writers. A Pulitzer Prize winner and member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Momaday in many respects is a class unto himself. Momaday is Regents Professor of English at the University of Arizona. A popular speaker, he narrated the PBS series "The West".

Edition details

• Publisher: Mps Multimedia Inc. DBA Selectsoft
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884328252
• ISBN 13: 9780884328254
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 100