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.
Abstract
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1985
- Field Date
- 1954-1956
- Coverage Date
- 1915-1956
- Coverage Place
- Shonto, Arizona, United States
- Notes
- by William Y. Adams
- Issued in microfilm form in 1958 as thesis, University of Arizona
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-315)
- LCCN
- 63062106
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians