Miracle Hill: The Story of a Navajo Boy"It was in the year of 1945 on a cold morning, the third day, in the month of March. A little boy was born as the wind blew against the hogan with bitter colds and the stars were disappearing into the heaven." So begins the story of Broneco, a Navajo boy who tells of his search for a miracle. Through that telling we learn a new perspective on language and life. In Miracle Hill, Blackhorse Mitchell presents the unforgettable account of a boy’s struggle to learn—which would be for him a miracle—in the face of handicaps most people would call insurmountable. Under the guidance of a teacher determined to help him pursue that miracle, he records his life from birth to the dawn of manhood: herding family sheep, living at a boarding school, encountering whites for the first time, journeying home, and finally enrolling in the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, where his talent was encouraged. Miracle Hill is written in a distinctively personal style, without strict adherence to orthodox grammar that would have robbed Mitchell of his true voice. Filled with unforgettable characters and brimming with insights into Navajo ways and family relationships, it is a book that crosses cultural barriers and speaks to the miracle-seeker in us all. |
Contents
I Do Have a Name | 3 |
Hello World | 12 |
Grandfathers Surprise Comes True | 21 |
Copyright | |
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Allen Annie's mother arrow asked aunt Auntie Bernie Bernita Blackhorse blinking his eyes Broneco and Annie Broneco and Virgel Broneco didn't know Broneco felt Broneco knew Broneco looked Broneco sat Broneco smile Broneco stepped Broneco stood Broneco walked Bronka coffee cold color corral dance dark desk door face Farmington floor girl glance going Grandfather Grandmother greasewood grin hair hand head horse horse race Indian boarding school Keith kitchen laughing Little White Horse Miracle Hill morning Native American Navajo night opened picked Pinto race rain Ramus reached riding rock Ronnie rushed Rusty sandy hill seated shade sheep Shiprock shirt side sitting sleep slowly smell someone sound standing stared started stopped stroll suitcase talking tell tent thought tomorrow tree waited wanted wash watched What's whisper wind window wondered