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Direct linkKiser, William S. – American Indian Quarterly, 2012
Navajo trading has been a crucial component of that tribe's localized economy for generations and has been the subject of much scholarship over the years. The role of the Navajo trader in influencing the types and styles of crafts that Navajos created as well as providing tribal members with an outlet for those items remains important to their…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Handicrafts, American Indian Culture, Financial Services
Lee, Lloyd L. – American Indian Quarterly, 2008
For millennia, Navajo society was self-sufficient. After 1863, beginning with Kit Carson's murderous rampage among the Navajo and the subsequent removal to the Bosque Redondo reservation, Navajo nationhood changed. Navajo society began a slow transformation away from the distinct Dine way of life. In the twentieth century Navajo nationalism was…
Descriptors: Navajo (Nation), Epistemology, Social Problems, Social Change
Two Bears, Davina R. – American Indian Quarterly, 2006
Many Navajos, or Dines, and Native American people in general, are archaeologists or are becoming archaeologists. The distinction between "Native Americans" and "archaeologists" in academia, or elsewhere, is no longer accurate. This fact should not come as such a surprise. As the epigraph, a quote by Richard Begay,…
Descriptors: Tribes, Navajo (Nation), American Indian Culture, Archaeology
Peer reviewedMcPherson, Robert S. – American Indian Quarterly, 1998
Metaphorical teachings derived from objects and observations of daily life may provide a way to bridge the gap between the deeply religious values at the center of life for Navajo elders and the mechanized, fast-paced world of Navajo youth who find traditional teachings confusing or irrelevant. Examples of such teachings are provided. (SV)
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Child Rearing, Cultural Maintenance, Experiential Learning
Peer reviewedLockard, Louise – American Indian Quarterly, 1995
Presents an overview of the history of Navajo language literacy. Discusses efforts of missionaries to transcribe a written Navajo language, early native language instruction using the Bible and religious texts, the first Native teachers, development of Navajo dictionaries and grammar books, and memories of the school experiences of a present-day…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, Bilingual Education, Educational Experience
McCarty, Teresa L.; Romero, Mary Eunice; Zepeda, Ofelia – American Indian Quarterly, 2006
In this article, the authors explore the personal, familial, and academic stakes of Native language loss for youth, drawing on narrative data from the Native Language Shift and Retention Project, a five year (2001-06), federally funded study of the nature and impacts of Native language shift and retention on American Indian students' language…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Biographies, Participant Observation, Language Skill Attrition
