Book
The Navajo
Holt, Rinehart and Winston • New York • Published In 1972 • Pages: vi, 136
By: Downs, James F..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This work is a case study of the pastoral community of Nez Ch'ii (a pseudonym) in the Black Mesa area of Arizona. The central theme of sheepherding, which has played such an important part in Navajo history, is shown here also to be a most important focus of the recent culture of Nez Ch'ii. Although other aspects of the ethnography are discussed in the text (e.g., farming and trading), they are treated within the '…framework of functional relationships existing between the maintenance of the herds and the social and cultural system based on this activity' (p. iii). Other significant themes in Nez Ch'ii society are the roles of females, the inviolability of individuals, status of the aged, the reciprocity principle, and the family. The source concludes with an analysis of the relationship of the people of the community to the dominant culture surrounding them.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Domesticated animals
- Pastoral activities
- Social relationships and groups
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Settlement patterns
- Public welfare
- Chief executive
- Animal transport
- Wool production
- Applied animal science
- Transmission of skills
- External trade
- Retail marketing
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1960-1961
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960-1967
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Nez Ch'ii community (pseudonym) in the Black Mesa area of Arizona, southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- by James F. Downs
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 70173266
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians