Book

Tall woman: the life story of Rose Mitchell, a Navajo woman, c. 1874-1977

University of New Mexico PressAlbuquerque • Published In 2001 • Pages:

By: Mitchell, Rose, approximately, Frisbie, Charlotte Johnson.

Abstract
This is the autobiography of a Navajo woman, Tall Woman (Rose Mitchell), who was reportedly born in 1874, six years after the Navajo people returned from incarceration at Fort Sumner in Arizona (1863-1868), and who died at the age of over102 in 1977. The document is told in her own words, but in English translation, and supported by numerous endnotes at the end of the text drawn from a variety of source material. Her story is sometimes poignant, sometimes humorous, but always containing a wealth of ethnographic information on Navajo culture as she experienced it from her earliest childhood to just before her death. Appendix B of this work (pp. 352-377) presents a chronological sequence of events in the life of Tall Woman, her family and community from about 1850 to the late 1990s.
Subjects
Organization and analysis of results of research
Life history materials
Morbidity
History
Annual cycle
Pastoral activities
Pharmaceuticals
Kinship terminology
Community heads
Magical and mental therapy
Medical care
Organized ceremonial
culture
Navajo
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Indigenous Person
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 2003
Field Date
1963-1998
Coverage Date
ca. 1874-1998
Coverage Place
Navajo Reservation, Chinle area, Arizona, United States
Notes
Rose Mitchell ; edited by Charlotte J. Frisbie
Includes bibliographical references (p. xl-liii, 489-515) and index
LCCN
00009014
LCSH
Navajo Indians