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Ladies, livestock, land and lucre: women's networks and social status on the western Navajo reservation
American Indian quarterly • 6 (1 & 2) • Published In 1982 • Pages: 105-124
By: Conte, Christine.
Abstract
This is an account of women's economic strategies in a remote part of the Navajo reservation. Black Mesa families are a mix of part-time and full-time residents, mostly all related through the female line. Conte found a high degree of cooperation among sisters living in different households, helping each other to manage livestock, garden, gather pine nuts, and transportation. She also discusses disputes over grazing rights between part-time and full-time residents and plans by the latter to fence off their property and charge grazing fees to outsiders. According to Conte, women's status is based on the kinship relations activated in the above activities and exchanges.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field Date
- 1976, 1981
- Coverage Date
- 1941-1981
- Coverage Place
- Black Mesa, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Christine Conte
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-124)
- LCCN
- 74647596
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians