Navajo Lifeways
Subtitle: Contemporary Issues, Ancient Knowledge
Contributors: Louise Lamphere (Foreword)
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: August 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 265
ISBN-13: 9780806133102
Subjects: Indigenous peoples; Navajo Indians; History - General History; Native American Religions; Native American Sociology; Social conditions; History; History: American; USA; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Native American; United States - State & Local - General; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Religion; 20th century; Health and hygiene
First sentence: Because of their longstanding and deep involvement in global and national economics and politics, the Navajo are the ideal subject for a case study on the contemporary life experiences of an American Indian people.
Description: "This book demonstrates how Navajos seek to understand and cope with modern life and its problems through the moral force and sense of evolving identity their origin stories provide. With extensive interviews, Maureen Trudelle Schwarz allows Navajos to speak for themselves on the ways they find to respond to crises and chronic issues. In capturing what Navajos say and think about themselves Schwarz presents this southwestern people's perceptions, values, and sense of place in the world."--BOOK JACKET.