For almost ninety years, Navajo medicine man John Holiday has
watched the sun rise over the rock formations of his home in
Monument Valley. Author and scholar Robert S. McPherson interviewed
Holiday extensively and in "A Navajo Legacy" records his full and
fascinating life.
In the first part of this book, Holiday describes how, at an
early age, he began an apprenticeship with his grandfather to learn
the Blessingway ceremony. As a youth, Holiday traveled over the
desert with family members to find forage for the animals and
plants for healing practices. He experienced the invasion of
Monument Valley by whites and later participated in the early
filmmaking industry. Holiday was employed in the 1930s with the
Civilian Conservation Corps and then served a brief stint in the
military. During the 1950s he mined in one of the two largest
uranium deposits on the Navajo Reservation. He also worked on the
railroad in Utah. But he always returned to eke out a living with
his livestock and agriculture.
In the second part of the book, Holiday details family and
tribal teachings. All of Holiday's experiences and teachings
reflect the thoughts of a traditional practitioner who has found in
life both beauty and lessons for future generations.
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