Lessons from Hu'ul Ke:li: Bilingual, English and Tohono O'odham (Tohono O'odham Series, 2) - Couverture rigide

Czares, Husi; Czares, Kerrie Ann

 
9798992176315: Lessons from Hu'ul Ke:li: Bilingual, English and Tohono O'odham (Tohono O'odham Series, 2)
Couverture rigide
ISBN 13 : 9798992176315
Editeur : Desert Ink Pub, 2025

Synopsis

Key Selling Points

  • A day in the life of a young child and grandparent on Arizona Native American reservation in the desert.
  • Intergenerational teaching of Tohono O’odham culture (himdag).
  • Bilingual Tohono O’odham/English, map, tribal information, glossary.
  • Lead Author/Illustrator is enrolled member of Tohono O’odham.
  • Tohono O’odham Nation is the third largest in the US.
How a young boy is raised by his grandfather on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. The book denotes various aspects of O'odham himdag (culture) and begins with a simple question that the boy asks his Hu'ul Ke:li (Grandfather) with a culturally relevant answer as to why they do the things they do during the day. Various activities include waking up early in the morning and asking why they do so - to daily chores and activities such as tending horses, working in the garden, hauling water, and gathering food/medicine in the desert.

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À propos de l?auteur

Husi Cázares is an enrolled member of the Tohono O’odham Nation in southern Arizona where he grew up in small villages. He holds a M.A. in Native American Studies from the University of Arizona. He has taught his tribes culture, language and History. Currently, Husi works as a tri-lingual speech language pathologist in southern Arizona and remains active in language preservation within his tribe.

Kerrie Ann Cázares works at a nonprofit literacy organization providing books to classrooms and libraries in Title One schools in Pima County, Arizona. She writes and illustrates books, language coloring books, and language materials for learning the O’odham language with her husband Husi. Kerrie Ann grew up in Orland Park, Illinois. She got her bachelor’s degree at Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois.

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Éditeur
Desert Ink Pub
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 13 
9798992176315
Reliure
Tapa dura
Nombre de pages
48
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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