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...NAVAHO INDIANS use the same word for both grey and brown. The Hopi in their thoughts about events include both space and time; neither is found alone in their world view. Douglas Huebler combines a concept of art with out culture's thoughts about events; neither is found alone in his aesthetic view...

Author: By Meredith A. Palmer, | Title: The Art of Following Bird Calls | 11/1/1972 | See Source »

...bride wears Navaho earrings and a rayon huipil embroidered with paste pearls. In her hands she carries Steppenwolf. The groom looks dashing in a white manta shirt with brass buttons and a red sash to hold up his droopy drawers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/1/1970 | See Source »

...biplanes, and American determination, Buck and his true love Wilma Deering tackle the Mongol Reds, who fly by antigravity and fight with disintegrators. Naturally they win, and the struggle occupies the best quarter of the book: in the process, they make contact with Atlantis. Mars, and a resurgent, powerful Navaho nation. They also meet Black Barney, the Air Pirate of India, and the archfiends who will torment them for the next 40 years-Coe Kane, (a slick double agent known as "Killer" to everyone but his brother Nova) and his slithery sidekick Ardala...

Author: By Garrett Epps, | Title: From the ShelfThe Collected Works Of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | 2/7/1970 | See Source »

...college will accept any Navaho over 18 who applies-even adults who have never spent a day in school. Besides the familiar list of studies, the curriculum includes Navaho language and culture and a variety of vocational and craft courses. Roessel is confident the training will create a labor force that will attract industry to the area, cut the 70% unemployment rate and increase the $680 average yearly family income of reservation Navahos...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges: Pride of the Reservation | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

...N.C.C. is already making an impact far beyond Many Farms. Chippewa Indians from Minnesota have visited the reservation to investigate and are now working to establish a community college of their own. At least eight Pueblo tribes in New Mexico are talking seriously of following the Navaho example...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colleges: Pride of the Reservation | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

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