Dinetah
by Sundberg, Lawrence D.
Edition statement:1st ed. Published by : Sunstone Press (Santa Fe, N.M.) Physical details: 94 p. ill., maps ; 28 cm. ISBN:0865342210. ISSN:978086534| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sw 900 - 999 | 973.04972 Sun (Browse shelf) | Available | In Memory of : Colleen M. Cox | 68862 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 88-89) and index.
The first Navajos --
The pueblos --
A changing tribe --
The Spaniards --
The Spaniards settle New Mexico --
The horse --
The pueblo rebellion --
Learning new ways --
Narbona --
The Mexicans --
The struggle for peace --
The Americans --
Broken promises --
Fort Definace --
Land on fire --
The long walk --
Hweeldi-Fort Sumner --
The treaty of 1868 --
Beginning again.
Here, in a highly readable style, is a lively chronicle of the Navajo people from prehistory to 1868. It is a sympathetic history of a great people who depended on their tenacity and creative adaptability to survive troubled times. The hardships and rewards of early band life, encounters with the Pueblos that revolutionized Navajo culture, the adversity of Spanish colonization, the expansion of Navajo land, the tragic cycle of peace and war with the Spanish, Mexican, and American forces, the Navajo leaders' long quest to keep their people secure, the disaster of imprisonment at Fort Sumner--all combine to express the relevancy of Navajo history to their people today. This book with its extensive archival illustrations and photographs weaves a complex but understandable story in which Navajos changed the future of the Southwestern United States.
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