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The Navajos.

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  • Physical Description: xvi, 299 p. illus., ports., maps. 24 cm.
  • Publisher: Norman, University of Oklahoma Press [1956]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 275-288.
Formatted Contents Note:
Navajo ancestors: origins of the Navajos -- The Navajos arrive: Navajos in the Southwest -- Between the four mountains: early years in the Southwest -- Second beginning: sheep and horses -- Learning by marriage: contact with pueblo refugees -- The Navajos become a people: expansion after 1690 -- Lords of the soil: the heyday of banditry -- Men with ears down to their ankles: first contact with the United States -- Little white fathers: first agents -- Kit Carson brings 'em back alive: the roundup -- The army worm: years at Fort Sumner -- Third beginning: first reservation years, the Navajos -- Father Washington: first reservation years, the agents -- Navajo shotguns: the traders -- Learning paper: school -- New summit: back to prosperity --- Time catches up with the Navajos: the down trend -- Ferment: World War II arouses the Navajos to modern needs -- Last call for help from the Navajos: a transition stage -- Fourth beginning: the Navajos today.
Subject:
Navajo Indians.
Navajo (volk)

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Lummi Library E 99 .N3 H5 U53 1956 259569 Stacks Reshelving -