Navajoland: A Native Son Shares His Legacy - Softcover

DeJolie, LeRoy

 
9781932082425: Navajoland: A Native Son Shares His Legacy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1932082425 ISBN 13: 9781932082425
Publisher: Arizona Highways, 2005

Synopsis

Pghootographer-author LeRoy DeJolie describes and shows his homeland as not onlya a ruggedly beautiful territory in the Four Corners region of Arizona but also as a aprt of h is heritage and culture. His photos and storeis of the Navajo way of lefe are intertwined as surely as strands of a rope. The books is richly illustrated with full-color landscape photography and tells stories about the ancient ways and beliefs of the Navajo people. Noting that DeJolie focuses on a Holy Land, Tonny Hillerman compares the Navajo Creation Story with the Bible's Book of Genesis.

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About the Author

I see my work more as a mission than a job, says LeRoy DeJolie. It is my lifetime ambition to help preserve the heritage our Navajo ancestors desired for succeeding generations - a heritage that intertwines with the land. For many of oru people, that heritage is vanishing from their lives and memories as they are swept into the more cominant culturues aroud us.

From the Back Cover

Come, join photographer LeRoy DeJolie on a visual tour of Navajoland, his homeland, an expanse that he sees not only as a ruggedly beautiful territory in the Four Corners region but also as the cradle of his heritage.And read writer LeRoy DeJolie's accounts of the Navajo way of life and religion, whch are intertwined as surely as strands of a rope.As you embark on this journey, bear in mind a point made by Tony Hillerman in his foreword - that the Navajo photographer focuses on a Holy Land. Hillerman's analogy compares the Navajo Creation Story with the Bible's Book of Genesis.In the coming pages, youw ill experience Navajoland as a Navajo does and in the way he wants others to experience it - not just as a wondrous landscape but also as a place with which to spiritually connect. For example, when a visitor to Navajoland sees Spider Rock, he or she sees a tall, sculpted tower rising from the floor of Canyon de Chelly. A Navajo sees the monolith as the home of Spider woman, who taught the Navajo people how to weave. Some Navajo parents also use the white-capped rock to help teach their children how to act in a harmonious, balanced manner.This book also displays photographic portfolios cnetering on each of the Navajos' four sacred mountains. Each portfolio is preceded by a vignette describing the physical features of each mountain and its significance in Navajo mythology.Indeed, in Navajoland, a native sone shares his legacy.

From the Inside Flap

Come, join photographer LeRoy DeJolie on a visual tour of Navajoland, his homeland, an expanse that he sees not only as a ruggedly beautiful territory in the Four Corners region but also as the cradle of his heritage.And read writer LeRoy DeJolie's accounts of the Navajo way of life and religion, whch are intertwined as surely as strands of a rope.As you embark on this journey, bear in mind a point made by Tony Hillerman in his foreword - that the Navajo photographer focuses on a Holy Land. Hillerman's analogy compares the Navajo Creation Story with the Bible's Book of Genesis.In the coming pages, youw ill experience Navajoland as a Navajo does and in the way he wants others to experience it - not just as a wondrous landscape but also as a place with which to spiritually connect. For example, when a visitor to Navajoland sees Spider Rock, he or she sees a tall, sculpted tower rising from the floor of Canyon de Chelly. A Navajo sees the monolith as the home of Spider woman, who taught the Navajo people how to weave. Some Navajo parents also use the white-capped rock to help teach their children how to act in a harmonious, balanced manner.This book also displays photographic portfolios cnetering on each of the Navajos' four sacred mountains. Each portfolio is preceded by a vignette describing the physical features of each mountain and its significance in Navajo mythology.Indeed, in Navajoland, a native sone shares his legacy.

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Publisher
Arizona Highways
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1932082425
ISBN 13 
9781932082425
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
80