Saturday, November 15, 2008

Waterless Mountain

Waterless mountain by Laura Adams Armer, is the story of a young navaho boy Hayolkai aski but called younger brother. He wants to be a medecine man like his uncle and it tells the story from when he was a young boy to becoming a man.

Laura Adams Armer made friends with the navaho people and learned a lot about their beliefs, custums, and culture.

Younger brother decides he needs to go on a trip and search for the ancient turqoise woman and makes a long journey from his home in Arizona to the pacific ocean.
Younger brother has many experiences along the way and meets many friends and enemies.

There are a lot of old native american stories told throughout the book that are kind of interesting.

This book goes into the thoughts of younger brother and tells of the way many Navaho people think.

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