Book
The Navajo Mountain community: social organization and kinship terminology
University of California Press • Berkeley • Published In 1970 • Pages:
By: Shepardson, Mary, Hammond, Blodwen.
Abstract
This study examines Navajo cultural flexibility and persistence as expressed by kinship terminology and social organization. Focus is on the community of Navajo Mountain, Utah, with supplementary data from Inscription House and Oljeto, Arizona. Fieldwork was sporadic, encompassing 8+ months over a period of seven years. Using Malcolm Carr Collier's 1938 research as a baseline to measure change, the researchers have divided their study into three major sections. Part One describes the community, its setting and history, and changes over the past 25 years. Part Two addresses social structure, focusing on group membership, residence, cooperation, social control, and life cycle. Particular attention is given to witchcraft, marriage, and dyadic relationships. Part Three analyzes kinship terminology and role with respect to actual behavior. Appearing throughout the volume are important data on 'clan' composition and interaction.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2004
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Richard A. Wagner ; 1985
- Field Date
- 1960-1966
- Coverage Date
- 1868-1966
- Coverage Place
- Navajo Reservation, Navajo Mountain, Utah; Inscription House and Oljeto, Arizona; United States
- Notes
- [by] Mary Shepardson and Blodwen Hammond
- Clans are indexed for OCM category 614 and data on prostitution other than as an offense are indexed for OCM category 548
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-269)
- LCCN
- 70097233
- LCSH
- Navajo Indians