Book
Shonto: a study of the role of the trader in a modern Navaho community
U.S. Govt. Print. Off. • Washington • Published In 1963 • Pages: xi, 329
By: Adams, William Yewdale.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This report presents not only a detailed analysis of the various factors '…determining the structural interrelationships and the processual interaction of a single American-operated trading post and its Navajo clientele' (p. 2), but also provides a wealth of information on a wide range of Navajo-Euro-American acculturation processes. This source is divided into three parts, the first of which sketches the geography, history and the general ethnography of the Navajo. Part two deals with the status of the trading post in the trade, services to the community and ancillary functions. The third and final section discusses the variety of roles established by the trading post in Indian-Euro-American cross-cultural contacts. The material for this study was gathered by the author during 1954-1956 while he served as trader at the Shonto Trading Post. This was further supplemented by data provided by informants and various other records and documents.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- External trade
- Retail marketing
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Production and supply
- Labor supply and employment
- Social insurance
- Public assistance
- Borrowing and lending
- Credit
- 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
- 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
- John Beierle ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1954-1956
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1915-1956
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Shonto, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by William Y. Adams
- Issued in microfilm form in 1958 as thesis, University of Arizona
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-315)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 63062106
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians