book chapter

The crisis in colonial administration

Applied anthropology • 5 (2) • Published In 1946 • Pages: 8-16

By: Kimball, Solon Toothaker.

Abstract

This is an excellent summary of the relationship between the government and the Navajo since John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, began his 'New Deal' policy toward administration of the tribe. In particular, Kimball recounts the history of the government's stock reduction program to check soil erosion. He believes that it has aroused such violent opposition because it threatens the tribe's entire economic, social, and religious life without giving the tribe itself a voice in the program. Kimball, an applied anthropologist, holds to the theory that the relations between a colonial administration (such as the U.S. government) and native peoples (such as the Navajo) will not improve until the administrators are willing to 'utilize more fully the knowledge of the students of the science of human relations and culture.' The beginning of this article dealing with French, Dutch, and British colonial relations with subject peoples has been omitted from this File.

HRAF PubDate

2004

Region

North America

Sub Region

Southwest and Basin

Document Type

book chapter

Evaluation

Creator Type

Ethnologist

Document Rating

5: Excellent Primary Data

Analyst

Katchen S. Coley ; 1951

Field Date

1936-1942

Coverage Date

1936-1942

Coverage Place

Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, United States

Notes

Solon Toothaker Kimball

This document consists of excerpts

LCCN

86655749

LCSH

Navajo Indians