Leonard McCombe Seated close to the evening fire, old man Gray Mountain, 91, tells his small grandchildren legends about the early days of the Navajo people
Leonard McCombe Purification by sweating in blistering heat inside hogan is part of the ceremony to cure girl (behind fire) who was haunted by ghost of her mother
Leonard McCombe Baking bread, a woman kneels by the fire while loaf cooks on crude metal grill. This native bread is a major item of Navajo diet
Leonard McCombe Game of marbles, one popular part of white man's culture, is explained by small boy at center to brother and sister. This boy goes to school and learned the game there. His brother has to stay home to help with the sheepherding