First published in 1929, but still eminently readable, this novel tells the story of Laughing Boy and Slim Girl, two young Navajo who earn the disapproval of his peers by marrying without family approval.
Slim Girl is one of the countless young Native Americans who was taken away from her home in early childhood and sent to one of the Indian Boarding Schools designed to "civilize" young Native Americans by denying them their cultural heritage. Now a young woman wanting to return to tribal ways, she finds herself with a foot in each culture.
Slim Girl is one of the countless young Native Americans who was taken away from her home in early childhood and sent to one of the Indian Boarding Schools designed to "civilize" young Native Americans by denying them their cultural heritage. Now a young woman wanting to return to tribal ways, she finds herself with a foot in each culture.
