book chapter
Navaho games of chance and taboo
Primitive man : quarterly bulletin of the Catholic Anthropological Conference • 6 • Published In 1933 • Pages: 35-40
By: Haile, Berard.
Abstract
This article, tracing the history of various Navajo sports through myth and the recent past, supplements source 154: Reagan in this file. Father Berard discusses sports which have become obsolete and evaluates the role of religious taboos as possible causes for this obsolescence.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Missionary
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Kachen S. Coley ; 1952-1953
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- 1916
- Coverage Place
- Red Rock, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- Berard Haile
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCN
- 99111903
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians