Salina Bookshelf Explained

Founded:	1994
Founder:	Eric and Kenneth Lockard
Country:	United States
Headquarters:	Flagstaff, Arizona
Publications:	Books

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

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.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manus . Mihio . 23 June 2004 . Salina Bookshelf, Inc. . 15 August 2022 . . en.
2. Web site: Kraker . Daniel . 30 October 2009 . Navajo Language Lives On at Salina Bookshelf . 15 August 2022 . . en.
3. Book: Who Wants to be a Prairie Dog? . 0964418908 . Clark . Ann Nolan . 1994 . Salina Bookshelf .
4. Web site: 31 July 2008 . New Mexico first state to adopt Navajo textbook . 15 August 2022 . . en.
5. Book: Dine Bizaad Binahoo'aah: Rediscovering the Navajo . 978-1893354746 . Yazzie . Evangeline Parsons . Speas . Margaret . Yazzie . Berlyn . 16 August 2009 . Salina Bookshelf .