Looking for Lost Bird : a Jewish woman's discovery of her Navajo roots / Yvette Melanson with Claire Safran.
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TextPublisher: New York : Bard, c2000Description: 233 p. 21 cmISBN: 0380976013Subject(s): Melanson, Yvette D | Navajo women -- Arizona -- Tolani Lakes Region -- Biography | Jewish women -- New York (State) -- Neponsit (New York) -- Biography | Adoptees -- New York (State) -- Neponsit (New York) -- Biography | Navajo Indians -- Arizona -- Tolani Lakes Region -- Social life and customsDDC classification: B Summary: "In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was 'Lost Bird, ' a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died."
| Item type | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | A J M Library 868-5076 | B MELA (Browse shelf) | Available | 5786 |
"An Avon book."
"In this haunting memoir, Yvette Melanson tells of being raised to believe that she was white and Jewish. At age forty-three, she learned that she was 'Lost Bird, ' a Navajo child taken against her family's wishes, and that her grieving birth mother had never stopped looking for her until the day she died."
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