Book
Law and conflict management among the Hopi
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor • Published In 1973 • Pages:
By: Cox, Bruce Alden.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is a study of conflict and conflict management as it concerns disputes involving land ownership, farming and grazing rights, and physical and verbal aggression among the Hopi on the Hopi Indian Reservation northeastern Arizona. The title is somewhat misleading, however, since the focus is more on conflict than on conflict management. The author finds that disputes involving rights to agricultural land are rare, but that conflicts over building sites are becoming more commonplace with business development on the reservation. Since land is held by clans, conflicts over land rights often extend beyond individuals and may involve entire villages. Traditionally, disputes over damage by grazing animals to farm crops were settled by village chiefs, but that is no longer the case. According to the author, this change has come about because the increasing heterogeneity of economic life on the reservation has undermined the chiefs' ability to gauge public opinion. In the past public opinion sided with the farmer rather than the stockman, but at present, with the decline of crop-raising in the reservation economy, this consensus has broken down. Some disputes over farming and grazing rights involve Hopis with their Navajo neighbors. According to the author, in cases involving physical aggression Hopis lack structured mechanisms for resolving disputes and rehabilitating offenders, thus such disputes tend to persist for extended periods of time. Gossip is an important form of aggressive behavior among the Hopi and often takes the form of witchcraft accusations. As a form of aggression, gossip is prominent in the factionalism dividing traditional Hopis and the more acculturated Hopis who support the reservation's Tribal Council.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Clans
- Phratries
- Form and rules of government
- Public welfare
- Pastoral activities
- External relations
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Ingroup antagonisms
- Political parties
- Social control
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Hopi
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gerald Reid ; 1988
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1965-1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1965-1966
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Hopi Reservation, northeastern Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Bruce Alden Cox
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, Berkeley, 1968
- UM 69-14,865
- Information on Hopi-Navajo disputes disputes over farming and grazing rights are indexed for Acculturation and Culture Change (177) and International Relations (648).
- Includes bibliographical references (p.173-181)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Hopi Indians