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Community organization of the Western Navajo
American anthropologist • 64 • Published In 1962 • Pages: 781-801
By: Levy, Jerrold E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article attempts to '…arrive at some definition of the concept 'community' which fits the social reality of the present day Western Navajos' (p. 781). The concepts of clan, camp, and outfit are used to examine three anthropological definitions of community (natural community, land use community, and local clan segment). Tuba City and Kaibito are used to discuss community change in an acculturative setting, particularly with regard to leadership and chapter organization. The author concludes that 'the present-day community… may best be described as a local clan segment occupying all or a significant part of a large, distinct, natural area' (p. 799). Further, these are outgrowths of expanding outfits precipitated by population growth.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Community structure
- Extended families
- Lineages
- Clans
- 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
- article
- 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 ; 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
- 1868-1962
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- western Navajo Reservation, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Jerrold E. Levy
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 801)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17015424
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians