Indians--Employment--Navajo Service, Office of Indian Affairs--Tell Us, Kee Nez, Between 1945-1947

The booklet Tell Us, Kee Nez, published by the Office of Indian Affairs, probably in the 1940s. Published at Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo Indian Reservation, this rare pamphlet promotes off-reservation employment opportunities for the Diné (Navajo), some of whom had recently returned from service in World War II. Kee Nez, a fictional Navajo man, explains his success in finding work to his friends—describing opportunities for farm labor, ranching, railroad work, and mining. The text is accompanied by drawings and documentary photographs by Milton Snow. — Will Hansen, Newberry Library Curator of Americana