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Looking for Lost Bird : A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots
Looking for Lost Bird A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots
Author: Yvette Melanson, Claire Safran
 In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was a "Lost Bird," a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died. In this haunting memoir, Yvette M...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780380795536
ISBN-10: 0380795531
Publication Date: 1/1/2000
Pages: 240
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  • Currently 2.7/5 Stars.
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2.7 stars, based on 5 ratings
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Very interesting book about the way Native children were stolen and given to white families for adoption.
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