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Record Nr.

UNINA9910146264703321

Autore

McPherson Robert S. <1947->

Titolo

Northern Navajo Frontier 1860 1900 / Robert S. McPherson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Utah State University, University Libraries, 2001

Logan, Utah : , : Utah State University Press, , 2001

©2001

ISBN

1-283-26741-1

9786613267412

0-87421-671-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (133 pages)

Disciplina

979.1004/972

Soggetti

Frontier and pioneer life - Southwest, New

Navajo Indians - Land tenure

Navajo Indians - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1988.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-125) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Setting the Stage --2 Navajos, Utes and the Paiute Connection 1860-80 --3 Monster Slayer Meets the Mormons on the Northern Navajo Frontier, 1870-1900 --4 Navajos, Mormons, and Henry L. Mitchell: Cauldron of Conflict on the San Juan --5 Indians, Anglos, and Ungulates: Resource Competition on the San Juan --6 Boats, Booze, and Barter: Trade on the Norther Navajo Frontier, 1870-1910 --7 Boundaries, Bonanzas, and Bickering: Consolidation of the Northern Navajo Frontier, 1870-1905 --8 Conclusion --Notes --References --Index.

Sommario/riassunto

McPherson argues that, instead of being a downtrodden group of prisoners, defeated militarily in the 1860s and dependent on the U.S. government for protection and guidance in the 1870s and 80s, the Navajo nation was vigorously involved in defending and expanding the borders of their homelands. This was accomplished not through war nor as a concerted effort, but by an aggressive defensive policy built on individual action that varied with changing circumstances. Many Navajos never made the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo. Instead they



eluded capture in northern and western hinterlands and ther--