LEADER 03036oam 22005894a 450 001 9910146264703321 005 20230630033928.0 010 $a1-283-26741-1 010 $a9786613267412 010 $a0-87421-671-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000442805 035 $a(EBL)769754 035 $a(OCoLC)126804515 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000212288 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11196706 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212288 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10157855 035 $a(PQKB)11379452 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC769754 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse18186 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/54798 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000442805 100 $a20010803e20011988 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aNorthern Navajo Frontier 1860 1900$fRobert S. McPherson 210 $cUtah State University, University Libraries$d2001 210 1$aLogan, Utah :$cUtah State University Press,$d2001. 210 4$dİ2001. 215 $a1 online resource (133 pages) 300 $aOriginally published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1988. 311 08$aPrint version: 9780874214246 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 119-125) and index. 327 $a1 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. 330 $aMcPherson 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-- 606 $aFrontier and pioneer life$zSouthwest, New 606 $aNavajo Indians$xLand tenure 606 $aNavajo Indians$xHistory 615 0$aFrontier and pioneer life 615 0$aNavajo Indians$xLand tenure. 615 0$aNavajo Indians$xHistory. 676 $a979.1004/972 700 $aMcPherson$b Robert S.$f1947-$0801369 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910146264703321 996 $aNorthern Navajo Frontier 1860-1900$91802698 997 $aUNINA