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Lesson 1 (from Chapters 1-2)

Objective

Spider Woman’s Daughter is the nineteenth novel in the Navajo Tribal Police series of crime fiction novels begun by Tony Hillerman. This novel in the series is the first written by Hillerman’s daughter, Anne Hillerman. Focusing on themes of tradition, love, and revenge, the novel is set in and around Window Rock, Arizona, capital of the Navajo Nation. Objectives for this lesson include researching the Navajo Nation, authors Tony and Anne Hillerman, and the Navajo Tribal Police series, and analyzing the setting established in Chapter 1.

Lesson

Research Activity: Conduct research on the Navajo Nation, authors Tony and Anne Hillerman, and the Navajo Tribal Police series. Where is the Navajo Nation headquartered? When was the first of Tony Hillerman’s Navajo Tribal Police series published? How many novels in the series did Tony Hillerman write?

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