Social Life of the Navajo Indians

Reichard, Gladys A.

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“…Although the traditional rite of passage from adolescence to adulthood among Navajo females (kinaalda) has received considerable attention (Begay 1983;Frisbee 1993;Leighton and Kluckhohn 1948;Reichard 1928;Roessel 1981;Schwartz 1997;Wyman and Bailey 1943), the study of the contemporary lives and lived experiences of Navajo youth is remarkably limited. 1 Of the scholarly literature that does address American Indian adolescence, there is an overwhelming focus on the various risk and protective factors associated with rates of suicide (Grossman et al 1991), incidents of depression (Barney 2001), adolescent pregnancy (Berry et al 2000), conduct disorder (Kunitz et al 1998), problem behavior (Fisher et al 1999;Mitchell and O'Nell 1998), emotional health (Cummins et al 1999) and overall health status (Blum et al 1992).…”

Section: Navajo Adolescencementioning

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Trials of Navajo Youth: Identity, Healing, and the Struggle for Maturity

Csordas¹

2003

Ethos

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In this article, we examine the experiences of Navajo youth living on the contemporary Navajo reservation with the aim of conceptualizing how they position themselves between overarching discursive tensions of what it means to be Navajo and the everyday constraints of existence on the Navajo reservation. We take up three topics in particular: the categorical problems and processes of Navajo youth specifically in terms of their use of such organizing terms as tradition, the multifaceted reservation and off‐reservation worlds that Navajo youth move through, and the mediating role of Navajo ritual healing in cultivating a sense of connectedness for adolescents, which in turn feeds into the broader task of negotiating a uniquely Navajo identity. This article is based on interviews with 11 adolescents and postadolescents who took part in the larger Navajo Healing Project

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Section: Navajo Adolescencementioning

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Trials of Navajo Youth: Identity, Healing, and the Struggle for Maturity

Csordas¹

2003

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“…Categories of “hard” ( ntł’iz ) and “soft” things ( yódí ‘that which is below’) were inalienable gifts for the gods (Reichard 1928:90–91; Haile 1968:20–21). “Hard” items included cash, silver, precious stones, horse trappings, and so on, while “soft” things included the medicine bundle, furs, textiles, blankets, rugs, and clothing.…”

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The language of possession: Three case studies

Keen¹

2013

Lang. Soc.

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Anthropologists often construe “property” in terms of rights, obligations, and interests, or use “property” in a largely undefined way. The use of the language of rights as a metalanguage is questionable for it is culturally specific, having developed in the Early Modern period in Europe in the context of the spread of market relations and the growth of contract law. One might ask, how are “rights” expressed and constituted in the indigenous languages? The article examines the role of language in the constitution of possession relations with reference to three case studies: ownership of land by Kaiadilt people of Bentinck Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, possession more generally among Navajo of the southwest United States, and family/household “property” of the Southern Song dynasty of China. It focuses on the constitution of possessors, possessions and connections between them, and the expression of norms entailed by relations between possessor and possessum. (Property, possession, rights, Kayardild language, Navajo language, Southern Song dynasty, metalanguage)*

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“…As I watch, I am consumed with envy mingled with admiration, for this is what I have come to learn. (Reichard, 1934: 3) Reichard begins Spider Woman with this scene of arrival in which she evokes a sense of place while keeping herself fully within the frame of reference though not the center of attention.' Rather than creating a romanticizing sense of an idyllic harmony between humans and nature, Reichard fills her descriptions of Navajo homes and stunning Southwestern landscapes with human beings, including herself, working and celebrating, living and dying.…”

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“…The Navajo word for 'teach' means 'show' and is absolutely literal. (Reichard, 1934: 21)Reichard's portrayal of her relationships with her teachers demonstrates principles of interactive learning. Through interactive learning, relationships evolve and are enriched over time.…”

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“…To Marie I add, 'That is always the way with a good teacher; she learns from her pupils.' (Reichard, 1934: 286) Reichard's Navajo instructors congratulate themselves that they were indeed able to teach a white woman to weave and again express their concern that, with this knowledge, white women will take over their work as weavers. Reichard's assurances and their own experiences in unsuccessfully teaching other white women convince the Navajo weavers that no white woman, even Reichard, has the patience or quickness to compete.…”

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Genre, Methodology and Feminist Practice

Frazier

1993

Critique of Anthropology

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The rainy season is not quite over although it has nearly spent itself. I drive leisurely along five miles of roller coaster highway, down and up, up and down again as I drink in the grandeur of the sunset. I come to the 'big hill', around and over which the road twines narrowly. From its summit I see at my left a deep purple canyon, green at the bottom with irrigated fields. At my right the sun is setting across a wide valley, the shadows replaced by roseate gold interrupted by the white resplendence of chalk cliffs. As if this were not sufficient, a light female rain like that which falls constantly over the home of the Corn gods, drops between me and the sun. I gasp in my inability to comprehend the sight fully as I turn my head forty-five degrees to behold a complete rainbow and behind it the thinnest slice of a new moon.

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Social Life of the Navajo Indians

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Trials of Navajo Youth: Identity, Healing, and the Struggle for Maturity

Trials of Navajo Youth: Identity, Healing, and the Struggle for Maturity

The language of possession: Three case studies

Genre, Methodology and Feminist Practice

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