04207nam 2200649 a 450 991046302450332120200520144314.01-4571-7396-41-4571-7398-01-60732-217-X(CKB)2670000000310806(EBL)3039782(OCoLC)824698495(SSID)ssj0000783082(PQKBManifestationID)11418693(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000783082(PQKBWorkID)10752015(PQKB)10867327(MiAaPQ)EBC3039782(MdBmJHUP)muse19982(Au-PeEL)EBL3039782(CaPaEBR)ebr10630703(CaONFJC)MIL913688(EXLCZ)99267000000031080620120831d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDinéjí Na'nitin[electronic resource] Navajo traditional teachings and history /Robert S. McPhersonBoulder University Press of Coloradoc20121 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60732-216-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 SKINWALKERSMEDICINE 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, MARRIAGE, AND FAMILY; FACING CULTURAL LOSS; NOTES6 "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; NOTES8 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; MANUSCRIPTSNEWSPAPERSIndexNavajo IndiansHistoryNavajo philosophyNavajo IndiansSocial life and customsElectronic books.Navajo IndiansHistory.Navajo philosophy.Navajo IndiansSocial life and customs.979.1004/9726McPherson Robert S.1947-801369MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463024503321Dinéjí Na'nitin2457688UNINA