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"Lost in the horizon", Robert Begay, a traditional Navajo, struggles to regain his sense of self and honor he believes lost long ago in the jungles of Vietnam, where Native Americans were forced against their ancient ways during modern combat. Soul-wounded and seriously injured during the war, Robert must got to the rescue of his younger brother, who is cornered by murderous thieves in the canyonlands of the Arizona Reservation. Desperate, Tommy Begay has sent a message for help, his bear-claw necklace tied into the mane of his horse. Robert feels the ancient pull of battle once again, but this time it's with a man from another tribe who inflicts pain for pleasure, and believes himself invincible.Robert sees this challenger as the nemesis sent by the Black God to test him. To save his brother, and regain his sense of honor, Robert must fight the Apache in a running, hand-to-hand duel during a vicious winter storm. Unknown to the Navajo, he comes into his heritage of Monster-Slayer, the ancient hero-god who fights evil. It's up to Robert to accept his in-dwelling persona and re-establish himself, to prove he is a true warrior of his people.
This new edition of the critically acclaimed The Fame of Gawa--originally published in 1986--makes available for the first time this important work in paperback. The Fame of Gawa is concerned with fundamental practices of value creation on Gawa, a small island off the southeast coast of mainland Papua New Guinea, the inhabitants of which participate in the long-distance kula shell exchange ring. Integrating various aspects of the study of society and culture--including the sociocultural construction of space and time, self-other relations and the body, and moral and political problems of hierarchy and equality--Nancy D. Munn shows that it is through achieving fame in the wider inter-island world that the Gawan community asserts its own internal viablity.
Designed for ease of use with maps, a detailed subject index, an extensive bibliography, and cross references, this book is sure to fascinate anyone interested in Native American culture and heritage.
In TROGONS, Robert Begay, Navajo war veteran and undercover government agent, reluctantly joins Special Agents investigating drug deaths in Phoenix. A huge cat claw is carved into the backs of the Native and Hispanic victims, hinting at a sinister plot involving very important people. Kidnapped and taken to the Barranca del Cobre in Mexico, Robert finds the answers to what no one has told him. SONS OF THUNDER finds Robert and his brother Tommy drawn into organized crime threatening Native artisans on the Reservation. A mob assassin is ordered to make examples of the Begays. Instead, the Begays relentlessly track the big-city mobsters, while Robert battles his Post-Traumatic Shock, too tired of death to keep the voices quiet. Tom Begay learns of his heritage in BORN-FOR-WATER, when Robert fights vicious criminals returned to the Reservation for revenge. Desperate to save his wife and unborn son, Robert confronts the men. An old friend returns and beckons Tom to join him in the search for the killers. The chase takes them to the Mexican border where Tom finds his inner form, the Twin Son of Changing Woman, Born-for-Water, brother to Monster-Slayer.
In this in-depth exploration of the symbols found in Navaho legend and ritual, Gladys Reichard discusses the attitude of the tribe members toward their place in the universe, their obligation toward humankind and their gods, and their conception of the supernatural, as well as how the Navaho achieve a harmony within their world through symbolic ceremonial practice. Originally published in 1963. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
This book is a proceeding from a number of papers presented in The International Symposium on Austronesian Diaspora on 18th to 23rd July 2016 at Nusa Dua, Bali, which was held by The National Research Centre of Archaeology in cooperation with The Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums. The symposium is the second event with regard to the Austronesian studies since the first symposium held eleven years ago by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences in cooperation with the International Centre for Prehistoric and Austronesia Study (ICPAS) in Solo on 28th June to 1st July 2005 with a theme of “the Dispersal of the Austronesian and the Ethno-geneses of People in the Indonesia Archipelago’’ that was attended by experts from eleven countries. The studies on Austronesia are very interesting to discuss because Austronesia is a language family, which covers about 1200 languages spoken by populations that inhabit more than half the globe, from Madagascar in the west to Easter Island (Pacific Area) in the east and from Taiwan-Micronesia in the north to New Zealand in the south. Austronesia is a language family, which dispersed before the Western colonization in many places in the world. The Austronesian dispersal in very vast islands area is a huge phenomenon in the history of humankind. Groups of Austronesian-speaking people had emerged in ca. 7000- 6000 BP in Taiwan before they migrated in 5000 BP to many places in the world, bringing with them the Neolithic Culture, characterized by sedentary, agricultural societies with animal domestication. The Austronesian-speaking people are distinguished by Southern Mongoloid Race, which had the ability to adapt to various types of natural environment that enabled them to develop through space and time. The varied geographic environment where they lived, as well as intensive interactions with the outside world, had created cultural diversities. The population of the Austronesian speakers is more than 380 million people and the Indonesian Archipelago is where most of them develop. Indonesia also holds a key position in understanding the Austronesians. For this reason, the Austronesian studies are crucial in the attempt to understand the Indonesian societies in relation to their current cultural roots, history, and ethno-genesis. This book discusses six sessions in the symposium. The first session is the prologue; the second is the keynote paper, which is Austronesia: an overview; the third is Diaspora and Inter-regional Connection; the fourth is Regional highlight; the fifth is Harimau Cave: Research Progress; while the sixth session is the epilogue, which is a synthesis of 37 papers. We hope that this book will inspire more researchers to study Austronesia, a field of never ending research in Indonesia.
Jane Yellowrock has her hands full in the latest novel in the New York Times bestselling series that captures “the essence of urban fantasy” (SF Site). Slaying vampires is child’s play for skinwalker Jane Yellowrock. But handling the complicated politics of New Orleans’ supernatural players is another story... Jane is keeping the peace between visiting groups of witches and vamps in the city, but then trouble comes knocking on her doorstep. When her house is magically attacked, the wild chase to find her assailants unearths a mystery that has literally been buried deep. A missing master vampire, presumed long deceased, is found chained in a pit...undead, raving mad, and in the company of two human bodies. Now it’s up to Jane to find out who kept the vampire hidden for so long and why, because the incident could tip already high supernatural tensions to an all-out arcane war.
A young women is plagued by her missing past. She seeks to uncover the mystery of her constant nightmares and the journaling that may have been her life. Like all good mysteries, the more she finds out, the further she becomes from the answers.