Book
Hosteen Klah: Navaho medicine man and sand painter
University of Oklahoma Press • Norman • Published In 1964 • Pages: xxxiii, 227
By: Newcomb, Franc Johnson.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This monograph is a biography of Hosteen Klah, a noted Navajo medicine man, wealthy stockman, and weaver who played an important role in the lives of Franc J. Newcomb and her husband Arthur during the years they maintained a trading post at Pesh-do-clish (Newcomb, New Mexico) from approximately 1914 to Klah's death in 1937. As background to the biography the author provides information on Klah's grandfather, Chief Narbona, and his mother Ahson Tsosie (Slim Woman) known at different times in her life history as Zonnie Ahtay (Pretty Girl), and Tsith-lanai (Mockingbird). The biographical data on Hosteen Klah covers his early boyhood, his education and training as a medicine man, and his great skill as a weaver in reproducing the sacred sand paintings of the Navajo in woven design.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Reviews and critiques
- Life history materials
- Internal migration
- Woven and other interworked fabrics
- Travel
- Rest days and holidays
- Visual arts
- External relations
- Instigation of war
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Organized ceremonial
- 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
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Trader
- 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
- John Beierle; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1912-1937
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1867-1937
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New Mexico, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Franc Johnson Newcomb
- 1st ed., second printing January 1971
- Includes bibliographical references ( p. 221)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64020759
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians