The Navajos in the American historical imagination, 1868-1900.
Discusses America's imaginative perceptions of the Navajos, native American people, during the period 1868-1900, emphasizing America's efforts to improve the barbaric lifestyle practiced by the Navajos. Why Anglo-Americans believed that Navajos violated the principles of law and order; Reference to...
| Publicado en: | Ethnohistory Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 237 - 276 |
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Duke University Press
Spring98
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| Sumario: | Discusses America's imaginative perceptions of the Navajos, native American people, during the period 1868-1900, emphasizing America's efforts to improve the barbaric lifestyle practiced by the Navajos. Why Anglo-Americans believed that Navajos violated the principles of law and order; Reference to a recession by the Navajos in the period 1863; Contention that the Navajos would defend their rights at the slightest provocation; Factors supporting this contention. |
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