essay

Development of Navajo tribal government

Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest10Published In 1983 • Pages: 624-635

By: Shepardson, Mary.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is concerned with the origin and the development of the Navajo Tribal Council from its earliest days until the early 1970's, a period in which the Navajo collectively pressed land claims through formal suits and witnessed the granting of leases to its lands for mineral rights. The highlights of self-government and of changes in Washington's administrative policies are discussed.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Public welfare
Chief executive
Police
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.
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
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
1923-1981
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Navajo reservation, southwestern United States
NotesAdditional notes
Mary Shepardson
For bibliographical references see 197: Brugge (p. 780-839)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
77017162
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Navajo Indians