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Life is harder here: the case of the urban Navajo woman

American Indian quarterly6 (1 & 2)Published In 1982 • Pages: 90-104

By: Griffen, Joyce.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of Navajo women, who had worked sometime in their lives off of the reservation in Flagstaff, Arizona. Griffen interviewed a total of 22 women. She asked questions about their education, employment history, marriage, religious background, coping mechanisms, and reciprocal help with relatives or non-kin.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Adjustment processes
Mutual aid
Extended families
Religious denominations
Liberal arts education
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.
4: Excellent Secondary 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
1977-1979
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1977-1979
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Flagstaff, Ariz., United States
NotesAdditional notes
Joyce Griffen
Includes bibliographical references (p. 104)
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
74647596
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Navajo Indians