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Navajo political processBook 1970 • Williams, Aubrey W.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This source describes several political forms and their degree of incorporation in Navajo life. The author is primarily concerned with the Chapter and he discusses it in terms of acculturation theory. In addition, there is information on the history ...Cohesive features of guelagetza system in Mitlaessay 1979 • Williams, Aubrey W.
Zapotec • Middle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
In this paper the author discusses the system of exchange of economic goods and services--the guelagetza--as it exists in the town of Mitla, Oaxaca. One noticeable effect of this system, operating as it does primarily in major celebrations or ceremon...