Book donation keeps Navajo Nation Library going
Irving Nelson, left, the program supervisor for the Navajo Nation Museum and Library, and Daven Klade unload books from a truck on Monday morning. The museum received more than 15,000 books in the form of a donation from the Reader to Reader program. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

By Arlyssa Becenti
For the Independent

WINDOW ROCK — When Irving Nelson started working for the Navajo Nation Library 34 years ago, his job was to drive a truck filled with books all over the Navajo Nation.

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