essay
Navajo economic development
Handbook of North American Indians. Southwest • 10 • Published In 1983 • Pages: 641-658
By: Aberle, David Friend.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This chapter covers a broad range of topics on Navajo economic development and planning. Beginning with an historical overview, the author (an ethnologist) then moves to more detailed discussions of current problems, including energy resource development, the role of the BIA, and tribal enterprises. From a theoretical perspective, the source focuses on the reasons for economic underdevelopment, largely blaming big corporations and the BIA plus state governments, and assesses prospects for the future. The author is decidedly pro-Navajo seeing internal problems almost exclusively from the perspective of outside causes.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- 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.
- 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
- 1933-1975
- 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
- David F. Aberle
- For bibliographical references see 197: Brugge (p. 780-839)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77017162
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians