03603oam 22008534a 450 991016665470332120250111110034.09786613341488978160732717216073271719781283341486128334148497808742185410874218543(CKB)2550000000064156(EBL)800334(OCoLC)763205336(SSID)ssj0000564761(PQKBManifestationID)11380295(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000564761(PQKBWorkID)10515847(PQKB)11417751(MdBmJHUP)muse15304(Au-PeEL)EBL3442877(CaPaEBR)ebr10513539(CaONFJC)MIL334148(OCoLC)932313691(ScCtBLL)d9c709bd-36e9-48a0-bf7d-1989a427c50f(Au-PeEL)EBL800334(MiAaPQ)EBC3442877(MiAaPQ)EBC800334(Perlego)2031046(EXLCZ)99255000000006415620110815d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWorking on the Railroad, Walking in BeautyNavajos, Hózhó, and Track Work /Jay Youngdahl1st ed.Logan, UT :Utah State University Press,2011.©2011.1 online resource (209 p.)Includes index.9780874218534 0874218535 9780874218589 0874218586 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; One: Life on the Tracks; Two: Religion on the Rez; Three: A Visit with a Medicine Man; Four: Adversaries and Advocates; Five: How Did Navajo Men Come to Work for the Railroads?; Six: Railroads, Trading Posts, and a Fatal Challenge to the RRB's System; Seven: In the Workers' Words; Eight: Anchoring and Adaptability, Fixed yet Fluid; Afterword; Selected Bibliography; IndexFor over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives.Jay Youngdahl, an attorney who has represented Navajo workers in claims with their railroad employers since 1992 and who more recently earned a master's in divinity from Harvard, has used oral history and archival research to write a cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of haRailroadsSouthwest, NewEmployeesHistoryRailroad construction workersSouthwest, NewHistoryNavajo IndiansReligionNavajo IndiansSocial conditionsNavajo IndiansEmploymentSouthwest, NewPolitics and governmentSouthwest, NewRace relationsElectronic books. RailroadsEmployeesHistory.Railroad construction workersHistory.Navajo IndiansReligion.Navajo IndiansSocial conditions.Navajo IndiansEmployment.979.1004/9726979.10049726Youngdahl Jay915592MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910166654703321Working on the railroad, walking in beauty2052513UNINA