Laughing Boy is a Navajo from a remote part of the reservation, while Slim Girl was raised by whites in town and lives as a white man's mistress. They meet at a powwow and marry, in spite of the disapproval of Laughing Boy's family. Slim Girl tries to be a good Indian wife but is tempted to fall back on her old ways. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for 1929.
Laughing Boy
Laughing Boy, a young Navajo, falls in love with Slim Girl, a Navajo girl who has been raised by white men and has a different way of thinking from her people.
