Orleta Slick

Blue Horse (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A story told about Navajo children during a traumatic period in history, whentheir people were captured, marched hundreds of miles, and were imprisonedin a camp for four years. Their strong foundation is what kept them going andhelped some of them survive. The story concentrates on a clan whose youngest being a three-month-old baby andthe oldest a sixteen-year-old. The children endured the harshness of the elementsand the US government. The children created a bond that would last foreverwith an elderly Navajo woman, who became their anchor when they could not find their loving parents. While the children were held captive, they carried onthe legacies of their clans. Some reunited with their parents and returned totheir homeland. With promises of better lives, the Navajo people were releasedto a land reserved within the four sacred mountains. They were forced to lead a different lifestyle, less flourishing than before, but they kept their families togetherand continued their traditional ways of life. This included the introduction ofa formal education. Navajo leaders figured that acquiring an education wouldplace them at an equal advantage of the dominant society. The children, however,had a different experience. In the end, most of them found balance in their lives back on their homeland.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Xlibris US
• Seitenzahl: 150
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. September 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781503581432
• Artikelnr.: 52568672

Autorenporträt

Orleta Slick's passion to help children began over 10 years ago when she entered the education field upon returning to her alma mater, Shonto Boarding School now known as Shonto Preparatory School in Shonto, Arizona. She is a member of the Navajo Tribe of Arizona. She grew up in the neighborhoods of Inscription House and Shonto, Arizona. Being the youngest child in her family, her playmates were mostly animals and her adventures were contained in the books that she loved to read. Her childhood experience is what inspired her first children's book, "Sam the Mischievous Little Goat". Orleta has served in the Native American communities as a producer, director, educator, language consultant and writer. She has designed and implemented a national award-winning after school and summer program. She has also expanded literacy initiatives by raising funds and bringing thousands of free books into her community for students and their families. Her multi-media productions have won her entertainment awards and nominations at the Native American Music Awards, American Indian Film Festival, Big Island Indigenous Film Festival and other venues. As a contributing Board of Director for Jana's Kids Foundation, she has helped encourage young Native Americans to continue their art, athletic, and academic endeavors beyond high school by providing scholarships. Orleta's personal mission is to help young children develop a love for reading, develop literacy skills, and become better citizens. Her creativity and innovations are based on her combined cultural observations of the classrooms, families and communities. Currently residing on the Navajo reservation, Orleta enjoys reading and producing an assortment of multi-media pieces for young audiences.