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McPherson Robert S. <1947-> |
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Titolo |
Dinéjí Na'nitin [[electronic resource] ] : Navajo traditional teachings and history / / Robert S. McPherson |
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Boulder, : University Press of Colorado, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-4571-7396-4 |
1-4571-7398-0 |
1-60732-217-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (265 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Navajo Indians - History |
Navajo philosophy |
Navajo Indians - Social life and customs |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction: Entering the Táchééh; NOTES; 1 Wind, Hand, and Stars: Reading the Past, Finding the Future through Divination; WIND LISTENING; STAR GAZING; HAND TREMBLING; NOTES; 2 The 1918-1919 Influenza Epidemic: A Cultural Response; ANGLO TOWN RESPONSE; RURAL MORMON COMMUNITY RESPONSE; NAVAJO RESPONSE; UTE RESPONSE; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 3 Sacred Evil: The Dark Side of Life along the San Juan; ORIGIN AND TYPES OF SACRED EVIL; SACRED EVIL AND ITS PRACTITIONERS; PLACES OF POWER; MEDICINE BUNDLES AND SKINWALKERS |
MEDICINE MEN: DETECTION AND PROTECTIONNOTES; 4 "Too Much Noise in That Bunch across the River": Ba'álílee and the 1907 Aneth Brawl; THE EARLY YEARS; SHELTON: OPENING SALVOS; BA'ÁLÍLEE BITES BACK; TIT FOR TAT; ATTACK AND CAPTURE; JUDGMENT, REVERSAL, AND AFTERMATH; CONCLUSION; NOTES; 5 Traditional Teachings and Thought: Navajo Metaphors of the Elders; TEACHINGS OF THE FIRE POKER (HONEESHGISH); HOGAN AS UNIVERSE; THE BODY AS METAPHOR; THE WEDDING BASKET AS LIFE'S JOURNEY; TEACHINGS OF HOME, |
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MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY; FACING CULTURAL LOSS; NOTES |
6 "He Stood for Us Strongly": Father H. Baxter Liebler's Mission to the NavajoESTABLISHING THE MISSION IN THE MAN; ESTABLISHING SAINT CHRISTOPHER'S MISSION; CREATING AND USING THE LITURGY; THE POWER OF SYMBOLS; MINISTERING TO THE PEOPLE; THE END OF AN ERA; NOTES; 7 Seeing Is Believing: The Odyssey of the Pectol Shields; PECTOL'S AND OTHER LDS INTERPRETATIONS; THE SHIELDS: FAME, DEFAME, AND REINTERPRETATION; OF ARCHAEOLOGY AND MUSEUMS; ENTER NATIVE AMERICANS AND NAGPRA; JOHN HOLIDAY AND THE NAVAJO INTERPRETATION; REPATRIATION AND AFTERMATH; NOTES |
8 Of Stars, Goats, and Wind: Navajo Metaphors Then and NowMETAPHOR AND MEANING; TRADITIONAL METAPHORS; FROM TRADITIONAL TO CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION; KINSHIP AND METAPHOR; CHANGING METAPHORICAL THOUGHT; METAPHORS FOR TODAY; NOTES; 9 Gambling on the Future: Navajo Elders, Jiní, and Prophetic Warnings; GREAT GAMBLER: THE TEACHINGS; GREAT GAMBLER AND ANAASÁZÍ: CONTEMPORARY APPLICATION; GOING "CRAZY"; LANGUAGE LOSS; EDUCATION AND TODAY'S SOCIETY; ENVIRONMENTAL SIGNS OF THE TIMES; END OF THE WORLD; NOTES; Bibliography; GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS AND ARCHIVES; INTERVIEWS; BOOKS AND ARTICLES; MANUSCRIPTS |
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