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Paperback Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo R - $6 (SW Lincoln)
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Looking for Lost Bird: A Jewish Woman Discovers Her Navajo Roots is a 1999 memoir by Yvette Melanson and journalist Claire Safran that chronicles Melanson's discovery at age 43 that she was a "Lost Bird"—a Navajo child taken from her biological family against their wishes and sold into illegal adoption
• The Shocking Discovery: Raised by an affluent, urban Jewish family in New York, Melanson always felt out of place. An Internet search at age 43 reveals that she was actually born on a Navajo reservation and abducted as an infant.
• The Life Before: The memoir details her eclectic early life prior to the discovery, which included serving in both the U.S. Navy and the Israeli army.
• The "Lost Bird" Phenomenon: The book sheds light on the devastating history of Native American children being systematically removed from tribal lands to be raised in white society.
• Blending Two Cultures: After reconnecting with her birth family, Melanson moves to a reservation in Arizona. The heart of the story centers on her emotional and cultural struggle to weave her deeply ingrained Jewish faith with her newly found Navajo spirituality and traditions