a Jewish woman's discovery of her Navajo roots Melanson, Yvette D. creator Safran, Claire. text New York Bard c2000 monographic eng 233 p. 21 cm. "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." Yvette Melanson with Claire Safran. "An Avon book." 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 customs B 0380976013 98042110 090306 20250709103607.0