Book
Local organization among the Navaho
Human Relations Area Files • New Haven, Conn. • Published In 1968 • Pages: vi, 113 leaves
By: Collier, Malcolm Carr.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of the units of Navajo social organization, other than clans or clan groups, generally known as 'local groups' -- social units more extended than simple residence groups, whose members cooperate with one another in various economic activities. Collier calls these units 'cooperating groups,' a term apparently synonymous with 'outfits' used by other authors. To study the functional roles of these groups in Navajo society, the author presents comparative data on two separate communities on the Navajo Reservation -- Navajo Mountain and Klagetoh. These data, dealing with settlement history, population and its distribution in residence groups, economy, settlement of disputes and leadership, are compared for the two areas and the roles of the 'cooperating groups' in both areas pointed out.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Extended families
- Nuclear family
- Pastoral activities
- Clans
- Inter-community relations
- Settlement patterns
- Composition of population
- 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
- Sept.-Dec. 1938; June-Sept. 1939
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1938-1939
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Mountain and Klagetoh, Arizona, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Malcolm C. Collier
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians