The Navajo as seen by the Franciscans, 1898-1921
Subtitle: a sourcebook
By: edited by Howard M. Bahr
Contributors: Bahr, Howard M
Series: Native American resources series -- no. 4
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 606
Subjects: Franciscans -- Missions -- Southwest, New -- History; Navajo Indians -- History; Navajo Indians -- Missions; Navajo Indians -- Religion; Christianity and culture -- Southwest, New -- History
Description: In their efforts to convert the Navajo to Catholicism, the Franciscans at the St. Michael mission in Arizona, lived among the Navajo to study their language and culture. This sourcebook collects the friars' observations from the early period of the mission, 1898 to 1921, as recorded in their correspondence, journal entries and administrative reports.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 585-590) and index