book chapter
Land use in the Ramah Navaho Area, New Mexico
Columbia University, Department of Anthropology • [new York] • Published In 1950 • Pages:
By: Landgraf, John Leslie.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an unpublished study of land use by five groups in the Ramah, New Mexico, area from 1871 to 1941. It covers in considerable detail geographical aspects, such as climate, terrain, soil, flora and fauna. It also traces the history of land use activities in the region by the Navajo, Spanish -Americans, Mormons, 'El Morro' people (Texans), and 'Outsiders.' The author shows the various established cultures, each with its own integral stake in the land, overstraining the resources of that land far beyond its capacities. All of these groups have been modified by the sequence of inward migration and land change, and yet all of them have maintained their psychological cultural identity and their value systems which came from generalized background cultures. On top of this, the outside world increasingly has imposed goals, controls, and barriers which are neither understood nor particularly subject to manipulation. Of all the groups, the Navajo are having the most difficulty adjusting. Unless the author indicated otherwise, the time period referred to is 1941.
- 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.
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Kachen S. Coley ; 1952-1953
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1941, 1949
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1871-1941
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ramah area, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- John Leslie Landgraf
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- Columbia University, 1950
- This document consists of excerpts
- Material dealing exclusively with non-Navajo groups have been indexed for category 563
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-243)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians