Waterless Mountain Author:Laura Adams Armer 1931 Newbery Medal Winner — Waterless Mountain is a sincere and beautiful story of present-day Navaho Indian boy, full of imagination and poetry and the dignity of his race. The eight years of his training in a deep understanding of the ancient religion of his people as well as in the practical knowledge of material existence is vividly painted ... more »against the arid sandy wastes. This portrayal of the life of a tribe that has lived for centuries gives the reader also an acquaintance with the animals, trees, prehistoric cliff-dwellers of the west.« less