Book
Mother Earth, Father Sky, and economic development: Navajo resources and their use
University of New Mexico Press • (3) • Published In 1981 • Pages: xvii, 183
By: Reno, Philip.
Abstract
This is a good account of the Navajo land use and the development of nonrenewable resources on the Navajo reservation. Reno devotes separate chapters to Navajo livestock, water, lumber, coal, oil, and uranium. He discusses the different land tenure and use arrangements for each resource, and the history of business contracts, which have not favored the Navajo. Rather, the Navajo have been treated by large corporations much like any other colonial and third world country. Nevertheless the Navajo have learned from the past and in a recent ten-year plan of 1972, have negotiated more favorable terms with regard to ownership, income, and technology transfer.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Unknown
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field Date
- Not Specified
- Coverage Date
- 1930-1980
- Coverage Place
- Navajo Nation, southwestern United States
- Notes
- Philip Reno
- Revision of the work first published in 1979 under title: Navajo resources and economic development
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-178) and index
- LCCN
- 80054859
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians