Under Sacred Ground: A History of Navajo Oil, 1922-1982

Meredith, Howard

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“…K.P. Chamberlain (2000) describes the 1950s as the era when the Navajo Nation sought economic independence. During this era, the first study in 1955 by William Y. Adams is a study of the role of the trading post and trader in the Shonto community.…”

Section: Shonto: a Conjuncture Of Grazing And Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…By the 1970s, the Navajo Nation was seeking royalties to support their enlarged social service network and to improve the material conditions of the Din e. One example being that Chairman Paul Jones chose to invest in electrical infrastructure, increasing public education, and local government all the while the Navajo Nation became more engaged in the global market (Chamberlain, 2000). William Y. Adams returned to the Shonto community in 1972 with Lorraine T. Ruffin.…”

Section: Shonto: a Conjuncture Of Grazing And Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Grounded desires: Grazing regime, desires, and development in a Diné community

Lister

2024

Environ Plan D

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This article highlights the demands for development within the Diné community of Shonto in 2017. Using interviews with Shonto community members, I center the voices and desires of those most affected by development. Shonto is the site of conjuncture of a grazing regime that limits land use and a history of development that produces conflicting community desires for infrastructure, employment, and traditional livestock practices. Despite the plural views of development, community members express a collective desire for Diné continuity and self- determination. My research demonstrates that Diné desires for development are not monolithic but are grounded in land histories, a sense of shared collective continuity, and Diné self- determination. I draw upon Eve Tuck’s generative work on Native desire to demonstrate that land histories, in the form of a grazing regime and histories of development, inform Native desires for development. I argue that Native desires are grounded in historical and everyday land use and relations. These grounded desires center the lived-experiences of Natives in relation to development, colonial land regimes, and traditional practices. Moreover, these grounded desires draw from the daily lives and experiences of Native people to provide open narratives that do not impose expectations on Native peoples or their desires.

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Section: Shonto: a Conjuncture Of Grazing And Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Shonto: a Conjuncture Of Grazing And Developmentmentioning

confidence: 99%