Navajoland: A Native Son Shares His Legacy

by LeRoy DeJolie, Tony Hillerman (Foreword by)

Pghootographer-author LeRoy DeJolie describes and shows his homeland as not onlya a ruggedly beautiful territory in the Four Corners region of Arizona but also as a aprt of h is heritage and culture. His photos and storeis of the Navajo way of lefe are intertwined as surely as strands of a rope. The books is richly illustrated with full-color landscape photography and tells stories about the ancient ways and beliefs of the Navajo people. Noting that DeJolie focuses on a Holy Land, Tonny Hillerman compares the Navajo Creation Story with the Bible's Book of Genesis.

80 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2005

Reviews

[Lenore Kuipers-Cummins · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one incredible book! The text, and most especially the photography were outstanding. History of the Navajo, the four corners (Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah) where you can stand with a foot in each one of the states! his book displays photographs centering on each of the Navajos four sacred mountains: Mount Blanca, (east), Mount Taylor, (north), San Francisco Peaks, (west) and Mount Hesperus (north). Produced by Arizona Highways and a Foreward by Tony Hillerman.

"I'll tell about the traditions and beliefs that shape our view of the world, our sacred places, and our connection to the awesome landscape of our homeland, declares photographer LeRoy DeJolie in describing his work. Some might ask why a cameraman born to the Dine' the name traditional Navajos call themselves- would see this landscape in a (different) way....The answer lies in cultural values," observes Tony Hillerman in his foreword."

[Sonja Dewing]

Beautiful photos as well as insightful stories of Dine life. It makes me want to go hiking in the red rocks of Arizona, try fry bread in the four corners, and look again at the formations I just thought of as rock.