Crossing Between Worlds
Crossing Between Worlds

Author: Jeanne M. Simonelli

Publisher: Waveland Press

Published: 2008-03-07

Total Pages: 153

ISBN-13: 1478610239

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The Navajo people of Canyon de Chelly must negotiate a delicate balance between the old and the new as they struggle to maintain their traditional ways of life in the midst of archaeologists, U.S. Park Service employees, and the increasing numbers of tourists who come to visit this hauntingly beautiful part of northeastern Arizona. Anthropologist-writer Jeanne Simonelli, who worked at Canyon de Chelly as a seasonal park ranger, interweaves stories of her personal experiences and friendships with canyon residents with discussions of native history and culture in the region. Focusing on the members of one extended Navajo family, Simonelli describes the small moments of their daily lives: shearing goats, baking bread, attending a solemn all-night health ceremony, washing clothes at the local laundromat, playing traditional games and contemporary sports, talking about the history of the Dinthe Navajo peopleand pondering the changes they have witnessed in the canyon and the difficulties they confront. Crossing Between Worlds is sumptuously illustrated with insightful black-and-white photographs that document the everyday activities of Navajo families in one of the most spectacular corners of the American Southwest.

Crossing Between Worlds
Crossing Between Worlds

Author: Jeanne M. Simonelli

Publisher: School of American Research Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 9780933452497

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The Navajo people of Canyon de Chelly must negotiate a balance between the old and the new as they struggle to maintain their traditions in the midst of ongoing change. Through text and images, Crossing Between Worlds offers an intimate view of Navajo life in one of the most spectacular corners of the American Southwest.

Treaties with American Indians [3 volumes]
Treaties with American Indians [3 volumes]

Author: Donald L. Fixico

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2007-12-12

Total Pages: 1318

ISBN-13: 1576078817

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This invaluable reference reveals the long, often contentious history of Native American treaties, providing a rich overview of a topic of continuing importance. Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts, and Sovereignty is the first comprehensive introduction to the treaties that promised land, self-government, financial assistance, and cultural protections to many of the over 500 tribes of North America (including Alaska, Hawaii, and Canada). Going well beyond describing terms and conditions, it is the only reference to explore the historical, political, legal, and geographical contexts in which each treaty took shape. Coverage ranges from the 1778 alliance with the Delaware tribe (the first such treaty), to the landmark Worcester v. Georgia case (1832), which affirmed tribal sovereignty, to the 1871 legislation that ended the treaty process, to the continuing impact of treaties in force today. Alphabetically organized entries cover key individuals, events, laws, court cases, and other topics. Also included are 16 in-depth essays on major issues (Indian and government views of treaty-making, contemporary rights to gaming and repatriation, etc.) plus six essays exploring Native American intertribal relationships region by region.

Kinship and Gender
Kinship and Gender

Author: Linda Stone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-04-19

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 042997471X

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This book explores gender cross-culturally through the framework of kinship. It includes fifteen ethnographic case studies to give students a strong sense of the intricate interconnections between kinship and gender as a lived experience and among a variety of cultural groups.

Canyon de Chelly
Canyon de Chelly

Author: Campbell Grant

Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Published: 1978

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0816505233

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With the exception of the Grand Canyon itself, none of the great gorges of the American Southwest is more uniquely beautiful than Canyon de Chelly, with its sheer red cliffs and innumerable prehistoric Indian dwellings. Of all the important centers of prehistoric Anasazi culture, only this magnificent canyon shows an unbroken record of settlement for more than 1,000 years. In this liberally illustrated book, rock art authority Campbell Grant examines four aspects of the spectacular canyon: its physical characteristics, its history of human habitation, its explorers and archaeologists, and its countless rock paintings and petroglyphs. Grant surveys 96 sites in the two main canyons and offers an interpretation of the rock art found there.

Sociology of Death and the American Indian
Sociology of Death and the American Indian

Author: Gerry R. Cox

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-07-07

Total Pages: 395

ISBN-13: 1666908517

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Sociology of Death and the American Indian examines dying, death, disposal, and bereavement practices and applies those concepts to selectAmerican Indian tribes historically and currently, supplemented with oral histories. The focus is that learning about other cultures can enhance the understanding of one’s own culture by comparing traditional and modern societies. Gerry R. Cox addresses the centuries of injustices committed against American Indians that led to a neglect of learning about American Indian cultures and attempts to fill the gaps in knowledge of American Indian practices.

The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology
The Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology

Author: James G. Carrier

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-06-29

Total Pages: 639

ISBN-13: 1000181499

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he Handbook of Sociocultural Anthropology presents a state of the art overview of the subject - its methodologies, current debates, history and future. It will provide the ultimate source of authoritative, critical descriptions of all the key aspects of the discipline as well as a consideration of the general state of the discipline at a time when there is notable uncertainty about its foundations, composition and direction. Divided into five core sections, the Handbook: examines the changing theoretical and analytical orientations that have led to new ways of carrying out research; presents an analysis of the traditional historical core and how the discipline has changed since 1980; considers the ethnographic regions where work has had the greatest impact on anthropology as a whole; outlines the people and institutions that are the context in which the discipline operates, covering topics from research funding to professional ethics.Bringing together leading international scholars, the Handbook provides a guide to the latest research in social and cultural anthropology. Presenting a systematic overview - and offering a wide range of examples, insights and analysis - it will be an invaluable resource for researchers and students in anthropology as well as cultural and social geography, cultural studies and sociology.

Tall Woman
Tall Woman

Author: Rose Mitchell

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 612

ISBN-13: 9780826322036

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Portrays Navajo weaver and midwife Tall Woman, who held onto traditional Navajo ways, raised twelve children, and cared for the farm throughout her marriage to political leader and Blessingway singer Frank Mitchell.