Ballmer, Jonette <br/><br/>
The Ancient way to Oso Ridge  A New Mexico journey for children 
Jonette Ballmer; Illustrated by Ward 
 - Santa Fe, New Mexico  The Rydal Press  1975 
 - 34 p. 
<br/><br/> Master list item #: 58 
<br/><br/>File location is in the New Mexico file Cabinet  
<br/><br/>The Trip<br/>Mt. Taylor<br/>The Navajo<br/>The Acoma<br/>The Salt Lady<br/>The Zuni<br/>Shalako<br/>Grants<br/>Oso Ridge<br/>Straight Arrow<br/>Going Home 
<br/><br/> This book started out as a simple bedtime story, about a brave little Indian boy, told to my grandchildren.  Their delight and their intense identification with the times, the people, and places and the land itself caused me to expand the bedtime story into a travelogue.  <br/>This travelogue covers time as well as space.  The Indian people are real 20th century friends.  The legends are part of their ancient stories and rituals.  Bunze's Zuni Ritual Poetry is my sources for the fragment of the Shalako Chant. The deer with heart and vital sport has appeared on Pueblo pottery for centuries.<br/>Ward's drawings capture exactly the mood and the geography of this beautiful land. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Indian Myths and Legends<br/>Zuni Indians<br/>Acoma Indians<br/>Navajo Indians<br/>Indian Bedtime Stories<br/>Travelogue for Children
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Grants --Oso Ridge<br/>Mt. Taylor
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>New Mexico - Indians - File #2    36