In the sun's house : my year teaching on the Navajo reservation /
Kurt Caswell ; afterword by Rex Lee Jim.
- San Antonio : Trinity University Press, c2009.
- xiv, 299 p. ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-299).
This is Borrego -- School days -- The road to Crownpoint -- Walking -- The trading post -- The wolves of the mountains -- Cardinal rules -- The Hogan -- Eastern Navajo agency spelling bee -- The last best walk -- Romeo and Juliet -- Goodbye, Borrego.
Describes Caswell's year teaching at Borrego Pass, a remote Navajo community in northwest New Mexico, detailing his failings and successes as he struggles to bridge the gap between himself and the community.