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CR North Teacher and Author to Speak at Newtown Library

The free program will be a chance to meet Jim Kristofic, a Council Rock North teacher and author of "Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life."

Popular Council Rock North teacher and author of “Navajos Wear Nikes: A Reservation Life” Jim Kristofic will make a special appearance at the Newtown Library Company this Thursday.

Kristofic’s book, published in 2011, is the story his upbringing in Ganado, a Navajo reservation in Arizona. 

The program begins at 7:30 p.m. Participation is free, but you should register online in advance. Click here to register.

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Kristofic teaches American Literature at Council Rock High School North. This is an exerpt from a Patch article about Kristofic that was published in June 2011. 

His account of life on the “rez” is unique in part because Kristofic is not Navajo by birth; he is a blue-eyed “bilagáana” (white man) from Pittsburgh. In the book, he shares anecdotes that are amazing but true, like being dragged by a donkey, catching a hawk with his bare hand, and being chased by a witch.

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“The book is about growing up on the rez, learning about the people around me while trying to understand myself,” Kristofic said. 

Click here to read the full story.


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