book chapter

Navajo social organization in land use planning

Applied anthropology1 (4) • Published In 1942 • Pages: 18-25

By: Kimball, Solon Toothaker, Provinse, John A..

Abstract
This article is a brief review of the major forms of Navajo social organization and a proposal that the government's efforts at reconstituting local leadership be realistically related to these forms. The authors suggest as a practical measure that such groupings as livestock or farm associations be coincidental with what they term the 'greater community.' The latter is defined as an area in which groups of extended families have traditionally worked together under a hierarchy of leadership and responsibility. The authors were applied anthropologists. Kimball participated in social and economic surveys on the Navajo Reservation from 1936-1942, while Provinse had served as a soil conservation expert with the Department of Agriculture and was a social science analyst with the same department at the time of this article. Provinse was also an assistant commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Subjects
Location
History
Acculturation and culture contact
Pastoral activities
Land use
Division of labor by gender
Mutual aid
Residence
Household
Nuclear family
Extended families
Parents-in-law and children-in-law
Community structure
Community heads
Public welfare
Magical and mental therapy
culture
Navajo
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Types
Social Anthropologist
Government Official
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Katchen S. Coley ; 1951-1952
Field Date
1936-1942
Coverage Date
1868-1940s
Coverage Place
Navajo Reservation, Arizona, New Mexico, United States
Notes
Solon Toothaker Kimball and John A. Provinse
This document consists of excerpts
LCCN
86655749
LCSH
Navajo Indians