The Blessing Way (1970)

Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium), also known as datura, Devil's snare, and thorn apple, is a hallucinogenic plant often used to facilitate vision and spirit quests as part of traditional ceremonies, but it has also been used medicinally to treat asthma symptoms. TJimsonweed is an annual herbaceous plant with white or violet flowers and grows up to 6.5 feet in height.

The flat piece of metal that covers the engine of automotive vehicles and protects the internal mechanisms. The hood can be locked with a latch and has hinges so that it can be opened to access the engine.

A semi-circular piece of metal that surrounds the trigger of a gun and makes it difficult for the gun to be fired accidentally. The trigger guard attaches to the gun body and the barrel. The first trigger guard was used experimentally in 1901 on rifles, and now trigger guards are a common feature on all types of guns.

An abbreviated summary of the main points of a long article or report, generally found at the beginning of the work. Increasingly, abstracts are also included in online search databases. An abstract can range from one to several paragraphs in length, and usually contains in some format: the motivation or justification for the research presented in the article, a problem statement that might include the scope of the project; the method(s) employed during research and analysis; the results of the research and analysis conducted, or the answer to the theoretical problem posed in the project; and finally, the conclusion, which indicates the future implications of the project's findings.

A class offered for small groups of graduate students. Instead of conducting a lecture, the instructor facilitates an in-depth discussion that focuses on assigned readings or focused research topics. Because of the small number and advanced level of students involved, individual participation is an expectiation, both to demonstrate mastery of the subject at hand but also to hone critical thinking skills in an environment that encourages open discussion and debate.

In Tony Hillerman's 1970 Navajo detective novel THE BLESSING WAY, Greersen is a fictional anthropologist who wrote about skinwalkers and Navajo witchcraft. In the plotline of the novel, the character referred to as the Navajo Wolf or the Big Navajo used the information about Navajo Wolves from Greersen’s fictional book, CASE STUDIES IN NAVAJO ETHNOGRAPHIC ABERRATIONS, in order to impersonate a Navajo witch, otherwise known as a skinwalker.

Although this term can refer to any animal that is within its first or second year of life, it is typically used to refer to a young horse.

A semi-permanent location that a nomadic hunting group might return to over and over during annual journeys that involved following game animals during seasonal migrations. Rather than permanent dwellings, structures erected at these camps would function more as temporary shelters constructed from local organic, and therefore biodegradable, materials, or materials that were easily carried and transported from site to site. Most evidence of prehistoric, as well as historic, hunting camps derives from garbage piles, broken tools and utensils, and the remnants of fire rings.

Round Rock, also known as Tsé Nikani (Flat Plated Rocks) in the western part of the Navajo Reservation and Bis Dootl'izh Deez'ahi (Blue Pointed Mesa) in the eastern part, is located on the Navajo Reservation in Apache County, Arizona and is named after a nearby mesa. In 1892, Roundrock was the site of a clash between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and a Navajo leader called Black Horse. Indian Agent Henry Shipley attempted to forcefully remove Navajo children from their homes in Round Rock and relocate them to Native American boarding schools. Black Horse attempted to prevent the removal and re-education of the children, which he associated with cultural genocide, by barricading Agent Shipley and his men in the Chee Dodge trading post, rather than killing them, until troops from Fort Wingate arrived and were able to defray the situation. The Chee Dodge Trading Post remained in business until early 2013.

A small settlement located on the Navajo Nation Reservation in northeastern Arizona, close to the New Mexico-Arizona state line. Window Rock, which was established in the 1930s as the base of the Navajo Central Agency, is the capital of the Navajo Nation. The Navajo Nation Council, the Navajo Nation Supreme Court, the headquarters of the Navajo Police, and various other administrative offices are all located in Window Rock. The town was named Window Rock after the adjacent sandstone arch of the same name, known in the Navajo language as Tségháhoodzání, which means “Perforated Rock.” The unique rock formation is one of the town's famous tourist attractions, along with the Navajo Nation Museum, the Tribal Zoological and Botanical Park, and the Navajo Code Talkers World War II Memorial.