Salina Bookshelf

Salina Bookshelf is a publishing company based in Flagstaff, Arizona.

Salina Bookshelf

Founded	1994
Founder	Eric and Kenneth Lockard
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	Flagstaff, Arizona
Publication types	Books
Official website	www.salinabookshelf.com

Founded in 1994 by teenagers Eric and Kenneth Lockard, non-native but fluent in the Navajo language due to growing up among the Navajo,^[1] the company specializes in Navajo-language books, mostly for children and teenagers. The company is the only Navajo-language publisher in the United States.^[2]

Among its publications are a bilingual edition of the children's book Who wants to be a prairie dog? in English and Navajo,^[3] and Diné Bizaad Bínáhooʼaah, a Navajo language textbook that was officially adopted by the state of New Mexico in 2008.^[4][5]

Salina Bookshelf currently has six full-time employees and three translators.^[2]

References

1. Manus, Mihio (23 June 2004). "Salina Bookshelf, Inc". Indian Country Today. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
2. Kraker, Daniel (30 October 2009). "Navajo Language Lives On at Salina Bookshelf". Voice of America. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
3. Clark, Ann Nolan (1994). Who Wants to be a Prairie Dog?. Salina Bookshelf. ISBN 0964418908.
4. "New Mexico first state to adopt Navajo textbook". NBC News. 31 July 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
5. Yazzie, Evangeline Parsons; Speas, Margaret; Yazzie, Berlyn (16 August 2009). Dine Bizaad Binahoo'aah: Rediscovering the Navajo. Salina Bookshelf. ISBN 978-1893354746.