Kelley, Klara B.,

A Diné history of Navajoland / Klara Kelley and Harris Francis. - viii, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-320) and index.

Introduction: The Diné, the Land, Oral History, and Sovereignty -- 1. An Argument with Archaeologists -- 2. Abalone Buffalo People and Ancient Trails -- 3. Traditional Diné Maps, History as Geography -- 4. Diné-Anaasází Relations, Clans, and Ethnogenesis -- 5. Western Diné Frontline Landscapes before the Long Walk -- 6. "The People" Meet "Americans" on the Arizona Railroad Frontier -- 7. Indian Giving on the Railroad Frontier -- 8. Diné Traders before the 1950s -- 9. Diné Trading and Silversmithing at Borrego Pass Trading Post -- 10. Diné Workers in Underground Coal Mines around Gallup -- 11. Diné Land Use and Climate Change -- Afterword.

"An overview of Navajo history from pre-Columbian time to the present, written for the Navajo community and highlighting Navajo oral history"--

9780816538744 0816538743

2019001386


Navajo Indians--History.

E99 .N3 / K3345 2019