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Historical Fiction


Sing Down the Moon
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The Navajo tribe's forced march from their homeland to Fort Sumner by white soldiers and settlers is dramatically and courageously told by young Bright Morning.

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​On a beautiful spring morning while grazing their sheep, Bright Morning and her friend Running Bird see two men coming toward them.  Right away, Bright Morning knows who the men are:  slavers come to the Navaho country to steal girls and sell them to families in town.  In minutes, bother girls are caught and taken away.

But Bright Morning does not give up trying to escape and eventually finds her way back home.  What Bright Morning can’t know, though, is that the entire Navaho way of life is about to change forever.

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Dream Catchers

An ancient Chippewa tradition
The dream net has been made
For my generations
Where spirit dreams have played.

Hung above the cradle board,
Or in the lodge up high,
The dream net catches bad dreams,
While good dreams slip on by.

Bad dreams become entangled
Among the sinew thread.
Good dreams slip through the center hole,
While you dream upon your bed.

This is an ancient legend,
Since dreams will never cease,
Hang this dream net above your bed,
Dream on, and be at peace.

​http://www.firstpeople.us/html/Dream_Catchers.htm
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