NAVAJO TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL BELIEFS: THREE CHILE CHARLIE ADVENTURES

Three different Chile Charlie adventures are found in this book.

On the advice of his neighbor, Chile Charlie travels north to seek help from the priests of an old mission but finds himself in a world of crime, mystery, mysticism, and danger that begins when a strange woman knocks on his hotel door, wearing only a sheer nightgown and asking for help. What follows is the unexpected discovery of a mysterious black bag containing ancient Native American inequities--four sacred Kachina masks. The discovery unexpectedly takes the protagonist on the road into the underworld of robberies, burglary, carjacking, knife fights, and shooting as he becomes entangled in the web of the black market--a path that is certain to lead to Charlie's demise

Navajo Revenge is another gripping Chile Charlie adventure. There are details of the beautiful Navajo Nation landscape and the Navajo culture. There is a basic history of how the Navajo were identified and counted for the census. Charlie and his sidekick Dolly Sweet Thompson venture into the mysterious deaths of two Navajo vagrants. The killings occur in the murder capital of New Mexico, Gallup. This adventure is engaging and will keep your attention.

Navajo Traditional Spiritual Beliefs is the culmination of a yearlong project to learn the similarities and differences between the Bible and Navajo stories regarding the creation of the earth and mankind. Chile Charlie and Dolly Sweet Thompson interview both Navajo Shamans and clergymen to obtain the facts about the written and oral stories. These are enticing and creative side-by-side comparisons. "Blue Rope wore an authentic Kachina outfit. His face was covered with a mask, and his eyes hid behind the darkness of the mask. Under his right feather-winged hand, he carried a small gourd bucket." Another is, "Next; God created man from dust and woman from man's rib. God did not think a man should live alone. But in Navajo stories, the sun had the sole power to communicate, which was a big difference in the creation stories.