Characters
The book is written from the main character of the book? Who am I?
Kii Yazhi
A traditional Navajo hut of logs and earth.
Hogan
How did Kii Yazhi feel about going to mission school, and leaving his family?
Sad, scared
Who took him to the mission school?
His uncle
A traditional Navajo foot covering.
Moccasins
How did the Americans react to the Navajo's attempts to be friends?
Rejected them, because of what the Mexican's had told them.
There stood a tall beautiful woman.Her thick black hair was tied up into a bun. Who am I describing?
His mother
Little baby
Awee Yazhi
The Mexicans told the Americans that the Navajo were bad people. What did they order the Navajo to stop doing?
Ordered them to stop raiding the slave traders.
A tall Navajo boy with a red headband. Who am I?
Many Horses
White people
bilagaanaa
What happened when not all Navajo bands did what the Americans told them?
Burned their crops, killed live stock, cut down peach trees, and drove them into exile.
A round faced girl wearing a silky shawl. Who am I?
Dawn Girl
A Navajo greeting a way to say hello
Yaat eeh
Upon arrival at the mission school the children were expected to?
No longer speak Navajo anymore.