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...change all that, N.C.C. offers 23 courses in the Navajo language, history and culture. Students learn from Indian teachers how to shape clay without a wheel, sew moccasins with sheep sinews or shape baskets with sumac fibers. Andrew Natonabah is one of four medicine men who teach Navajo psychology, medicine, dances and tribal lore, and who often cure mentally disturbed students "by dancing them free of evil spirits." Says he: "When they leave here, our students understand more about their culture and are better prepared to meet the white man's world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Sheepskins for Navajos | 10/11/1976 | See Source »

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