Book
A history of the Navajos: the reservation years
School of American Research Press ; Distributed by University of Washington Press • Santa Fe, N.m. • Published In 1986 • Pages:
By: Bailey, Garrick Alan, Bailey, Roberta Glenn.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this comprehensive history of the Navajo reservation, Bailey and Bailey look at the U.S. government-Navajo relations, the implementation of various social and economic programs, and their effects. The authors focus on changes in the Navajo economy in each of four periods: 1868-1900, 1900-1930, 1930-1949, and 1950-1975. They look at the schools and education, missionary activities, development of the cattle industry, livestock reduction program, the postwar depression, and the rehabilitation programs beginning in the 1950s. The authors are good at conveying the federal and state tensions over reservation development and the ability of the Navajo to respond to changes in policy and negotiate terms favorable to themselves.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- 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
- 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
- 1977-1980
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1863-1975
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Nation, southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Garrick Bailey and Roberta Glenn Bailey
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-352) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 86006641
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians