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Navajo history, 1850-1923
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 506-523
By: Roessel, Robert A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article deals with Navajo history from 1850 to 1923. Primary emphasis is given to relations between the United States government and the Navajo, detailing events leading up to the Long Walk, captivity at Fort Sumner, and eventual repatriation to Navajo lands. The history of the first tribal council, slave raids, and the changes occurring after the establishment of the reservation in 1868 are also addressed. Necessarily written from biased American reports and documents, the author attempts to present a more balanced perspective.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- Chief executive
- External relations
- Public welfare
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Peacemaking
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Educator
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Richard A. Wagner ; John Beierle ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1923
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Arizona, New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert A. Roessel, Jr.
- For bibliographical references see 197: Brugge (p. 780-839)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians