Salina Bookshelf

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Salina Bookshelf
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Founded1994
FounderEric and Kenneth Lockard
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Flagstaff, Arizona
Publication types Books
Official website www.salinabookshelf.com

Salina Bookshelf is a publishing company based in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Founded in 1994 by teenagers Eric and Kenneth Lockard, non-native but fluent in the Navajo language due to growing up among the Navajo, [1] the company specializes in Navajo-language books, mostly for children and teenagers. The company is the only Navajo-language publisher in the United States. [2]

Among its publications are a bilingual edition of the children's book Who wants to be a prairie dog? in English and Navajo, [3] and Diné Bizaad Bínáhooʼaah, a Navajo language textbook that was officially adopted by the state of New Mexico in 2008. [4] [5]

Salina Bookshelf currently has six full-time employees and three translators. [2]

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References

  1. Manus, Mihio (23 June 2004). "Salina Bookshelf, Inc". Indian Country Today . Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 Kraker, Daniel (30 October 2009). "Navajo Language Lives On at Salina Bookshelf". Voice of America . Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  3. Clark, Ann Nolan (1994). Who Wants to be a Prairie Dog?. Salina Bookshelf. ISBN   0964418908.
  4. "New Mexico first state to adopt Navajo textbook". NBC News . 31 July 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  5. Yazzie, Evangeline Parsons; Speas, Margaret; Yazzie, Berlyn (16 August 2009). Dine Bizaad Binahoo'aah: Rediscovering the Navajo. Salina Bookshelf. ISBN   978-1893354746.