We Will Secure Our Future: Empowering the Navajo Nation

by Peterson Zah and Peter Iverson

Nearing graduation from Phoenix Indian School, Peterson Zah decided he wanted to attend college. He was refused the reference letters needed for college admission by teachers who told him he would fail and thus embarrass them. Several years later, these instructors would receive invitations from Zah to a party celebrating his graduation from Arizona State University.

And so began a career that took Zah to the presidency of the Navajo Nation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816502463
• ISBN13: 9780816502462
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"