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Along Navajo trails recollections of a trader, 1898-1948

Title
Along Navajo trails [electronic resource] : recollections of a trader, 1898-1948 / by Will Evans ; edited by Susan E. Woods and Robert S. McPherson ; foreword by Charles S. Peterson.
Author
Evans, Will, 1877-1954.
Publication
Logan : Utah State University Press, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Woods, Susan E. (Susan Evans), 1952-
  • McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
Description
1 online resource (xv, 263 p.) : ill., map.
Uniform Title
Along Navajo trails (Online)
Alternative Title
Along Navajo trails (Online)
Subject
  • Navajo Indians > New Mexico > Shiprock Region > History
  • Navajo Indians > New Mexico > Shiprock Region > Social life and customs
  • Navajo weavers > New Mexico > Shiprock Region > History
  • Trading posts > New Mexico > Shiprock Region > History
  • Indian traders > New Mexico > Shiprock Region > History
  • Shiprock Region (N.M.) > History
  • Shiprock Region (N.M.) > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-[258]) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Will Evans, trader to the Navajos -- Starting along the trail -- Views of history around the Four Corners -- Agapito remembers the old days -- Yellow Horse and the Long Walk -- The establishment of trading posts -- Harry Baldwin and the Hogback Post -- Redrock Trading Post -- Little Singer and the beautiful mountain uprising -- Prosperity in reverse -- Oil and gas on Navajo land -- A Christmas Eve in Navajo land -- Navajos I have known -- Costiano -- Black Horse -- Bizhóshí -- Ugly Man -- Fat One and Son of Fat One -- Faith, an episode -- Tragedies in Navajo land -- Sandoval -- Slim policeman -- A dedicated medicine man -- Dan Pete -- Daily life and customs of the Navajo people -- Daily life in a hogan -- Navajo hospitality -- Trading with the Navajos -- Navajo blankets -- Silversmithing -- Cleanliness, clothes, and manners -- Hairstyles -- Tobacco, alcohol, and morality -- Navajo marriage customs and family life -- Divorce -- Tribal traditions and lore -- Sandpaintings -- My first fire dance -- Squaw dance (enemyway) -- Death, witchcraft, and skinwalkers -- Navajos and animals -- Postscript: The death of a man, the end of an era.
LCCN
2005001650
OCLC
ssj0000101509
Author
Evans, Will, 1877-1954.
Title
Along Navajo trails [electronic resource] : recollections of a trader, 1898-1948 / by Will Evans ; edited by Susan E. Woods and Robert S. McPherson ; foreword by Charles S. Peterson.
Imprint
Logan : Utah State University Press, c2005.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-[258]) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
Connect to:
Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Woods, Susan E. (Susan Evans), 1952-
McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
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