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A Navajo Woman’s Own Story

A Voice in Her Tribe by Irene Stewart Paperback: $9.50

Product Details Paperback: 84 pages Publisher: Ballena Press (1980) Language: English ISBN-10: 0879190884 ISBN-13: 978-0879190880 Description This is a memoir written by Irene Stewart (Mrs. Greyeyes) in her own words about her life and experiences as a Navajo woman living in two cultures. She includes recollections of going to a missionary school, her family life, her many jobs and struggles during the Depression and WWII, and many Navajo customs. Observations from the notebooks of anthropologist Mary Shepardson add an outsider’s perspective to the story of this remarkable woman. “Clear and flowing style…an illuminating glimpse of the Navaho worldview” (The Journal of Arizona History, 1980).