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The emerging Navajo Nation
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 636-640
By: Iverson, Peter.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short chapter details Navajo development during the 1970s from the perspective of emerging Navajo nationalism. Focusing on Peter McDonald's tenure as Tribal Council chairman, advances in the areas of economics, health, legal action, education, and mineral development are explored. Written by an historian, emphasis is on development, planning, and Navajo strides to gain greater control over their own lives.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Government institutions
- Economic planning and development
- 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.
- Historian
- 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 PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Peter Iverson
- For bibliographical references see 197: Brugge (p. 780-839)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians