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Children of the people; the Navaho individual and his development.

Title
Children of the people; the Navaho individual and his development. By Dorothea Leighton and Clyde Kluckhohn.
Author
Leighton, Dorothea Cross, 1908-1992.
Publication
Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1947.

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Additional Authors
  • Kluckhohn, Clyde, 1905-1960
  • University of Chicago. Committee on Human Development.
  • United States. Office of Indian Affairs.
Description
xi, 277 pages illustrations, plates
Alternative Title
Navaho individual and his development
Subject
  • Navajo Indians
  • Indian children > North America
  • Indian children
  • Navajo (volk)
  • Navajo children
  • Child development
  • North America
Note
  • "Written as a part of the Indian Education Research Project undertaken jointly by the Committee on Human Development of the University of Chicago and the United States Office of Indian Affairs."
  • A companion volume to the author's The Navaho.
Bibliography (note)
  • "References and bibliography": p. [265]-270.
Contents
Introduction: a child of the people -- Part I: The individual and his development -- Becoming a Navaho: the first six years of life -- Becoming a Navaho: later childhood -- Adult life -- The "psychology" of the people -- Part II. Testing the people's children -- Where and how testing was done -- Mental and physical fitness -- Some attitudes and interests of Navaho children -- Personality traits in Navaho children -- Children of the people -- Conclusion: the project and the people.
LCCN
47003884
OCLC
  • ocm00512980
  • 512980
  • SCSB-176150
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library