Jacob Benally is a kind Navajo man who works in the mission school’s stables. On Ned’s first day at Rehoboth Mission, Mr. Benally translates for the new students, explaining that they must never speak Navajo, only English. Ned has never seen a Navajo man in a white man’s clothing or hairstyle before meeting Mr. Benally.
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Chapter 2: Boarding School
Then, a Navajo man steps forward and introduces himself as Jacob Benally . The children have never seen a short-haired Navajo man before, or one who is...
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Chapter 3: To Be Forgotten
Mr. Benally leads the children into a shed where older students are cutting the hair of all...
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...to a skinny white man named Mr. Reamer. Mr. Reamer tries to speak Navajo while Mr. Benally translates. He creates surnames for each child based on the name of his or her...
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