Book
The journey of Navajo Oshley: an autobiography and life history
Utah State University Press • Logan, Utah • Published In 2000 • Pages:
By: Oshley, Navajo, McPherson, Robert S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is an autobiography of Navajo Oshley, based on a fourteen taped interviews conducted by Winston Hurst, a graduate student in anthropology at Eastern New Mexico University, and afterwards by his interpreter, Wesley Oshley, Navajo Oshley's son. Ten years later, Bertha Parish transcribed and translated the tapes, a ten-year project in itself, and finally McPherson edited them. The tapes tell the story of a quiet, deeply religious, and conscientious man, who worked as a hired sheepherder. Cured early in his life by a local medicine man, Oshley was a firm believer in Navajo ways. He sought work in the new towns of Bluff and Blanding, Utah. In the beginning he travelled between family and work, but later moved with his family to town. Besides his life on the range, Oshley recounts stories about religious ceremonies, witchcraft, and his gift of divination.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Pastoral activities
- External trade
- Labor supply and employment
- Ethnic stratification
- 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 TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Indigenous Person
- 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
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1978
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1882-1988
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Four Corners area, southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- edited by Robert S. McPherson ; foreword by Barre Toelken
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 00008147
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians