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Diné College Press (formerly ''Navajo Community College Press'') is the publishing division of
Diné College Diné College is a public tribal land-grant college based in Tsaile, Arizona, serving the Navajo Nation. It offers associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, academic certificates, and one master's degree. History Diné College opened in 196 ...
, headquartered in
Tsaile, Arizona Tsaile () is a census-designated place (CDP) in Apache County, Arizona, United States, on the Navajo Nation. The population was 1,205 at the 2010 census. Tsaile is the home of the main campus of Diné College (formerly Navajo Community College) ...
, but whose territory spans throughout the
Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation (), also known as Navajoland, is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in ...
. ''Diné College Press'' has published books by and pertaining to Native Americans. While most titles focus on the issues of the
Navajo people The Navajo or Diné are an Native Americans in the United States, Indigenous people of the Southwestern United States. Their traditional language is Navajo language, Diné bizaad, a Southern Athabascan language. The states with the largest Din ...
, others have dealt with broader issues pertaining to
Native American studies Native American studies (also known as American Indian, Indigenous American, Aboriginal, Native, or First Nations studies) is an interdisciplinary academic field that examines the history, culture, politics, issues, spirituality, sociology and co ...
. Authors include
Acoma Pueblo Acoma Pueblo ( , ) is a Native American pueblo approximately west of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. Four communities make up the village of Acoma Pueblo: Sky City (Old Acoma), Acomita, Anzac, and McCartys. These communities ...
poet and author
Simon J. Ortiz Simon J. Ortiz (born May 27, 1941) is a Native American writer, poet, and enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma. Ortiz is one of the key figures in the second wave of what has been called the Native American Renaissance. Ortiz's commitment to ...
and
Pawnee Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language: * Pawnee people * Pawnee language Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States: * Pawnee, Illinois * Pawnee, Kansas * Pawnee, Missouri * Pawnee City, Nebraska * ...
- Otoe-Missouria author Anna Lee Walters.


Published works

Titles published by the Diné College Press include the following. * Ruth Roessel. Illustrated by Raymond Johnson and Jason Chee. ''Navajo studies at Navajo Community College.'' (1971). . * Ethelou Yazzie, ed. Andy Tsihnahjinnie, illustrator. Martin Hoffman, photography. ''Navajo history.'' (1971). * Ruth Roessel, ed. ''Navajo stories of the long walk period.'' (1973). . * Ruth Roessel and Broderick H. Johnson. '' Navajo Livestock Reduction: a national disgrace''. (1974). . * Ruth Roessel. ''The role of Indian studies in American education''. (1974). . * Robert A. Roessel. ''elect Navajo historical occurrences, 1850-1923''. (1974). . * Hildegard Thompson. ''The Navajos' long walk for education: a history of Navajo education = Diné Nizaagóó liná bíhoo'aah yíkánaaskai: Diné óhoot' aahii baa hane. (1975). * Prepared by participants in an Institute on American Indian Culture, conducted at Navajo Community College: Summer 1970. ''Our friends, the Navajos: a select collection of studies''. (1976). . *Authored by 22 Navajo men and women; Broderick H. Johnson, ed.; illustrators, Raymond Johnson and Hoke Denetsosie. ''Stories of traditional Navajo life and culture = Alk\id ̨á ̨á\ y ̨é ̨ék\ehgo Diné Kéédahat\in ̨é ̨é Baa Nahane.'' (1977). . * Peggy V. Beck. ''The Cheyenne''. (1977). . * Peggy V. Beck, Anna Lee Walters, Nia Francisco ''The sacred: ways of knowledge, sources of life''. (1977). . * Keats Begay. ''Navajos and World War II.'' (1977). . * Linda Goodman. ''Music and dance in Northwest Coast Indian life.'' (1977). * J. Richard Haefer. ''Papago music and dance''. (1977). . *
Simon Ortiz Simon J. Ortiz (born May 27, 1941) is a Native American writer, poet, and enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma. Ortiz is one of the key figures in the second wave of what has been called the Native American Renaissance. Ortiz's commitment t ...
. ''Song, poetry and language-expression and perception''. (1977). . *Robert Rhodes. ''Hopi music and dance''. (1977). . * Robert W. Young. ''A political history of the Navajo tribe.'' (1978). . *
Simon J. Ortiz Simon J. Ortiz (born May 27, 1941) is a Native American writer, poet, and enrolled member of the Pueblo of Acoma. Ortiz is one of the key figures in the second wave of what has been called the Native American Renaissance. Ortiz's commitment to ...
, ed. ''Earth power coming: short fiction in native American literature.'' (1983). . . * Frank D. Reeve; edited by Eleanor Adams and John Kessell. ''Navaho foreign affairs, 1795-1846.'' (1983). . * K. D. Williamson, Jr. ''Navajo energy resources.'' (1983). . * Donald Levering; photographs by Gregg D. Baker and Leonard Gorman. ''Outcroppings from Navajoland: poems''. (1984). * James A. Mischke. ''Circles, consciousness and culture.'' (1984). . * Floyd Allen Pollock. ''A Navajo confrontation and crisis.'' (1984). and . * David M. Brugge. ''Navajos in the Catholic Church records of New Mexico, 1694-1875.'' (1985). . * Sam Bingham, Janet Bingham; illustrated by Hank Willie. ''Navajo Chapters''. (1987). . * J. Loring Haskell. ''Southern Athapaskan migration, A. D. 200-1750''. (1987). . * David E. Wilkins. ''Diné bibeehaz'áanii: a handbook of Navajo government.'' (1987). . *Recorded by Mary C. Wheelwright; edited with commentaries by David P. McAllester; foreword by Rain Parrish; with 22 color plates after sandpaintings recorded by Franc J. Newcomb and others; illustrated by Jason Chee. ''The myth and prayers of the Great Star chant and the myth of the Coyote chant.'' (1988). . . * Martha Blue. ''The Witch purge of 1878: Oral and documentary history in the early Navajo reservation years.'' (1988). * Klara B. Kelley and Peter M. Whiteley. ''Navajoland: family settlement and land use.'' (1989). * Vernon O. Mayes and Barbara Bayless Lacy; with illustrations by Jack Ahasteen and Jason Chee. ''Naniseʹ: a Navajo herbal: one hundred plants from the Navajo Reservation.'' (1989). . * Norman T. Oppelt. ''The tribally controlled Indian colleges: the beginnings of self determination in American Indian education.'' (1990). . * Diné Center for Human Development. ''The Navajo dictionary on diagnostic terminology: a reference guide on Navajo usage of diagnostic terms.'' (1991). . * Marilyne Virginia Mabery. ''Right after sundown: teaching stories of the Navajos.'' (1991). . * Troxey Kemper. ''Comanche warbonnet: a story of Quanah Parker.'' (1991). . * Jimmy H. Miller. ''The life of Harold Sellers Colton: a Philadelphia Brahmin in Flagstaff.'' (1991). . * Della Frank and Roberta D. Joe; illustrator David Chethlahe Paladin. ''Storm pattern: poems from two Navajo women.'' (1993). . * Marie Lewis; David Nez. ''Tsʹ̕iliiyʹazhʹi Spuds baa hane ̕. (The story of a dog named Spuds.)'' (1993). ."''Tsʹ̕iliiyʹazhʹi Spuds baa hane ̕.''
''WorldCat.'' Retrieved 8 June 2012. * Howard Meredith. ''Modern American Indian tribal government and politics.'' (1993). . *
Ralph Salisbury Ralph James Salisbury (January 24, 1926 - October 9, 2017) was an American poet. His poem "In the Children's Museum in Nashville" was published in ''The New Yorker'' in 1960. His autobiography ''So Far, So Good'' won the 2012 River Teeth Litera ...
. ''One Indian and two chiefs: short fiction''. (1993). . * Roman de los Santos; illustrated by Raymond J. Johnson. ''The English-Navajo children's picture dictionary: selected words and phrases''. (1995). .


Notes


References

* Roessel, Ruth. ''Navajo studies at Navajo Community College.'' Tsaile, AZ: Navajo Community College Press: 1971. . * Roessel, Ruth. ''Papers on Navajo Culture and Life.'' Navajo Community College Press, 1970.


External links


Official webpage
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