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A poor boy becomes a powerful leader when Mother Earth turns his mud pony into a real one, but after the pony turns back to mud, he must find his own strength.

Retells the Navajo tale of how a stubborn girl learns from the Spider Woman how to keep life in balance by respecting its boundaries.

This third in a four-volume series on Native Americans focuses on their attempts over the centuries to retain their culture in the face of a changing world.

Tells the story of the forced march of thousands of Navajo from their homeland of Dinetah to the Bosque Redondo reservation, a place so desolate that "only the wind could live there". Also tells the story of the proud return of the survivors to Dinetah.

Cody is worried when his family on a New Mexico Navajo reservation runs out of water, but Darlene Arviso, called "The Water Lady," is on the way with her tanker truck. Includes glossary of Navajo terms and notes about Arviso and life on a reservation.

Focuses on the Native Americans' life with the European settlers after Columbus and their attempt to retain their culture and traditions in a changing, modern world.