Salina Bookshelf, Inc. is a publishing company based in

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. Founded in 1994 by teenagers Eric and Kenneth Lockard, non-native but fluent in the

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due to growing up among the

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, the company specializes in Navajo-language books, mostly for children and teenagers. The company is the only Navajo-language publisher in the United States. Among its publications are a bilingual edition of the children's book ''Who wants to be a prairie dog?'' in English and Navajo, and ''Diné Bizaad Bínáhooʼaah'', a Navajo language textbook that was officially adopted by the state of

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in 2008. Salina Bookshelf currently has six full-time employees and three translators.

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