Book
Women in Navajo society
Navajo Resource Center, Rough Rock Demonstration School • Rough Rock, Ariz. • Published In 1981 • Pages:
By: Roessel, Ruth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Roessel, a native Navajo, has written an ethnographical autobiography. She writes from the traditionalist standpoint upholding the fundamental domestic values of Navajo women. She talks about her upbringing and other women in her life. Her faith is steadfast and unfailing giving a somewhat one-dimensional treatment of Navajo life in a modern world.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Life history materials
- Marriage
- Adolescence, adulthood, and old age
- 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.
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary 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
- Not Specified
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1850-1980
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Nation, southwest United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Ruth Roessel
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-184)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 81001293
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians