Ten Thousand Beads for Navajo Sam

Focuses on Sam Begay, a full-blooded Navajo who has left the reservation to make a new and alien, but secure, life for himself and his family in Chicago. Contrasts the hustle and isolation of the city with the slower pace and closeness of life on the reservation. Shows Navajo Sam's bead work projects, including one in which he is stringing 10,000 plastic beads into a replica of the American flag., Portrays the modern-day tragedy of the American Indian by focusing on Sam Begay, a full-blooded Navaho, who now lives an uprooted and alienated, but secure, existence in Chicago, after leaving his home and identity on the reservation where he and his family might have starved.
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Focuses on Sam Begay, a full-blooded Navajo who has left the reservation to make a new and alien, but secure, life for himself and his family in Chicago. Contrasts the hustle and isolation of the city with the slower pace and closeness of life on the reservation. Shows Navajo Sam's bead work projects, including one in which he is stringing 10,000 plastic beads into a replica of the American flag., Portrays the modern-day tragedy of the American Indian by focusing on Sam Begay, a full-blooded Navaho, who now lives an uprooted and alienated, but secure, existence in Chicago, after leaving his home and identity on the reservation where he and his family might have starved.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

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