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Navaho common law Ibook chapter 1937 • Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is Part I of a three part source, containing information on Navajo common law, especially on political organization, property and inheritance....Navaho common law IIbook chapter 1937 • Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is Part II of a three part source, containing notes on Navajo common law....Navaho common law IIIbook chapter 1938 • Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is Part III of a three part source, containing data on Navajo etiquette, hospitality and justice....The government of the Navajosbook chapter 1945 • Van Valkenburgh, Richard F.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a short but informative history tracing the development of leadership and tribal assembly patterns from their first mention in the Origin Legend down to mid-1940s government policies. The author, a specialist in the study of Navajo legal form...Sacred places and shrines of the Navahobook chapter 1938 • Van Valkenburgh, Richard F. & Begay, Scottie
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This article by an historian who has specialized in Navajo matters and by a Navajo, discusses the possible location of the four sacred mountains mentioned in myth as bordering the Navajo country. They give the mythological account of the creation of ...