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ISBN: 0765304783

ISBN13: 9780765304780

Plant Them Deep

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For the Navajo, to "walk in beauty"-to stay in balance with the natural world around one-is the greatest gift, and the greatest task, of one's life. For Rose Destea, to walk in beauty has meant threading a difficult path between traditionalist and modernist ways. Though she worships at the family shrine, her husband was a Christian preacher. Though her son, Clifford Destea, is a respected hataalii or medicine man, her daughter, Ella Clah, is a Special Investigator with the Navajo Police anda former FBI agent.After decades as a wife, mother, and grandmother, Rose has become a tribal activist. Briefly in the national spotlight when she spoke against bringing casino gambling to the Navajo Reservation, Rose now works to guide not just her family but the whole tribe into a balanced future.When Navajo healers and members of the Plant Watchers society report that healing plants sacred to the Navajo are disappearing from the Rez, the tribal council asks Rose to catalog the plants and their growing places. She faces strong opposition from hataaliis reluctant to reveal their secret herb-gathering spots and from people who think the Rez should cultivate genetically engineered plants instead of native species.Rose finds evidence that many plants have been stolen-plants that may be valuable in the growing market for alternative and natural medications. Rose's home is burgled and her plant notes stolen. Adding to her worries is the serious illness of an old friend and the apparent extinction of a plant essential to the healing ritual that is the sick woman's only hope of a cure. Then a Navajo man is found dead, apparently of a heart attack; Rose is convinced that he was murdered by the plant thief.Rose has picked up a trick or two from her police officer daughter; she begins an independent investigation that soon has her up to her neck in trouble. Plant Them Deep is a stand-alone novel that complements the Ella Clah series and will deepen readers' understanding of the Navajo world.

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Rated 5 stars
Best Thurlo Novel Since Blackening Spring

I 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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Rated 5 stars
Best Ever

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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Rated 4 stars
DEEP-ROOTED CONFLICTS

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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Rated 5 stars
Unusual for Clah series, but well done gentle cozy

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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