book chapter

Navaho common law II: Navaho law and justice

Museum notes of the Museum of Northern Arizona9Published In 1937 • Pages: 51-54

By: Van Valkenburgh, Richard F..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is Part II of a three part source, containing notes on Navajo common law.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Ingroup antagonisms
Inter-community relations
Legal norms
Offenses against life
Sex and marital offenses
Sorcery
Magic
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Navajo
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2004
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 chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
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.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
William P. Mangin ; 1950-1951
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1932-1936
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Arizona and New Mexico, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Richard F. Van Valkenburgh
This document consists of excerpts
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
87657159
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Navajo Indians