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By Technique Container Gardening Crafts & Hobbies Gardening Gardening & LandscapingI know this is not considered part of the Ella Clah series, but it does deal with the same beloved characters. I have to say that I haven't enjoyed any book by the Thurlos as much as this one since Blackening Spring, the book in which Ella Clah was introduced. I loved the plant lore and the fresh viewpoint of Ella's mother, Rose Destea. The stealing of Navajo medicinal plants reminded me more than a bit of Wildcrafters...
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This book is the best work by the Thurlos. It is great to get to know Ella's mother Rose so much better. The book wonderfully illustrates the plight of indigenous peoples when dealing with the outside world's pressure to take their land's natural resources, and brings the plant people to the forefront of the story.
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This is the best Thurlo book I've read. I disagree with those who call it "cozy". It shows the intractable conflicts that cleave Navajo society today: tradition vs. science, development vs. conservation, spiritual well-being vs. material comfort. PLANT THEM DEEP is a dramatic shift from the Thurlo's police procedurals, in which Navajo detective Ella Clah is the protagonist, or their hokey vampire series. It is told from...
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She raised her two children to adulthood on the Navaho Reservation in New Mexico and is very proud of them both. Her son Clifford is a traditionalist who is a medicine man, a leader for those who don?t believe in Anglo medicine. Her daughter is a special investigator working for the Navaho police, a woman who is considered a modernist who follows the Anglo way.Instead of relaxing Rose Destea has become a political activist...
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