04994nam 2200769 a 450 991095596710332120251117095359.01-299-19163-00-8165-0662-0(CKB)2550000000100552(EBL)3411754(SSID)ssj0000672956(PQKBManifestationID)12288156(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000672956(PQKBWorkID)10636659(PQKB)11344149(MiAaPQ)EBC3411754(OCoLC)797838928(MdBmJHUP)muse19799(Au-PeEL)EBL3411754(CaPaEBR)ebr10562068(CaONFJC)MIL450413(OCoLC)923438255(BIP)46501400(BIP)32506642(EXLCZ)99255000000010055220101105d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBitter water Diné oral histories of the Navajo-Hopi land dispute /translated and edited by Malcolm D. Benally ; photographs by Mary Fish ; foreword by Jennifer Nez Denetdale1st ed.Tucson University of Arizona Pressc20111 online resource (178 p.)First Peoples : New Directions in Indigenous StudiesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8165-2898-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-100) and index.""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Foreword - Jennifer Nez Denetdale""; ""Preface""; ""Chronology""; ""The Travel Song""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Mae Tso, Mosquito Springs, Arizona""; ""2. Roberta Blackgoat, Thin Rock Mesa, Arizona""; ""3. Pauline Whitesinger, Big Mountain, Arizona""; ""4. Ruth Benally, Big Mountain, Arizona""; ""5. Sheep Is Life""; ""The Mutton Hunger - Malcolm Benally""; ""Epilogue""; ""Appendix: Natural Law and Navajo Religion/Way of Life - Roman Bitsuie and Kenja Hassan""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""Many know that the removal and relocation of Indigenous peoples from traditional lands is a part of the United States' colonial past, but few know that--in an expansive corner of northeastern Arizona--the saga continues. The 1974 Settlement Act officially divided a reservation established almost a century earlier between the Dine (Navajo) and the Hopi, and legally granted the contested land to the Hopi. To date, the U.S. government has relocated between 12,000 and 14,000 Dine from Hopi Partitioned Lands, and the Dine--both there and elsewhere--continue to live with the legacy of this relocation. "Bitter Water" presents the narratives of four Dine women who have resisted removal but who have watched as their communities and lifeways have changed dramatically. The book, based on 25 hours of filmed personal testimony, features the women's candid discussions of their efforts to carry on a traditional way of life in a contemporary world that includes relocation and partitioned lands; encroaching Western values and culture; and devastating mineral extraction and development in the Black Mesa region of Arizona. Though their accounts are framed by insightful writings by both Benally and Dine historian Jennifer Nez Denetdale, Benally lets the stories of the four women elders speak for themselves. Scholars, media, and other outsiders have all told their versions of this story, but this is the first book that centers on the stories of women who have lived it--in their own words in Navajo as well as the English translation. The result is a living history of a contested cultural landscape and the unique worldview of women determined to maintain their traditions and lifeways, which are so intimately connected to the land. This book is more than a collection of stories, poetry, and prose. It is a chronicle of resistance as spoken from the hearts of those who have lived it.Ross FundFirst Peoples : New Directions in Indigenous StudiesNavajo womenArizonaBlack Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County)InterviewsNavajo womenArizonaBlack Mesa (Navajo County and Apache County)Social conditionsNavajo IndiansLand tenureNavajo IndiansClaimsHopi IndiansLand tenureHopi IndiansClaimsNavajo languageTextsNavajo womenNavajo womenSocial conditions.Navajo IndiansLand tenure.Navajo IndiansClaims.Hopi IndiansLand tenure.Hopi IndiansClaims.Navajo language979.1004/9726Benally Malcolm D(Malcolm Darrin),1971-1869416MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955967103321Bitter water4477585UNINA