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Title: Dine: A History of the Navajos by Peter Iverson, Monty Roessel ISBN: 0-8263-2715-X Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Summary: A Sweeping History of a Remarkable People
Comment: "Dine'" is the story of the largest Native American tribe/nation in North America. Peter Iverson's narrative takes us from the emergence of the Navajo in the Four Corners area of the Colorado Plateau to the very recent past. Along the way we learn about the Dine' origin stories, the archaeological evidence for how they may have interacted with the Puebloan peoples that they encountered on the Plateau, and their settlement in the area (Dinetah) bounded by the four sacred mountains. Iverson takes us through the oftimes traumatic interactions between the Dine' and the governments of Spain, Mexico, and the United States. He pays particular attention, as he should, to the Long Walk, when, in 1864, the Dine' were forcibly removed from their land and marched hundreds of miles to the east to Fort Sumner and the miserable "reservation" at Bosque Redondo, where thousands died. Four years later, having signed a treaty with the United States, the Dine' returned to Dinetah, sadly one of the few instances where displaced First Americans were able to reclaim their ancestral homeland.
The balance of Iverson's book involves the key developments that have occurred since the late nineteenth century, in particular the evolution of Navajo tribal government, the often stormy relationship with the United States, and the changes that the Dine' have undergone in the last hundred or more years. One theme that the author returns to again and again is the resilience of Dine' culture, and the ability of the Navajo to incorporate new cultural elements and people into their lifeways.
Iverson is not the most elegant of writers, but he does manage to get his points across. The book is amply illustrated with historic photographs, although it could use a few more maps. The photos by Monty Roessel provide a colorful (literally) counterpoint to Iverson's text, and are arranged in two groups, the first highlighting the land, and the second highlighting the people of Dinetah. This is a worthy volume for anyone interested in the people who are so closely associated with the land and the spectacular landscape of the Four Corners area.
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Title: For Our Navajo People: Diné Letters, Speeches, and Petitions, 1900-1960 by Peter Iverson, Monty Roessel ISBN: 0826327184 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Dine Bahane: The Navajo Creation Story by Paul Zolbrod ISBN: 0826310435 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: March, 1988 List Price(USD): $15.25 |
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Title: Navaho Indian Myths by Aileen OÂBryan ISBN: 0486275922 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 14 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Book of the Navajo by Raymond Friday Locke ISBN: 0876875002 Publisher: Mankind Pub Co Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Navajo Long Walk : Tragic Stroy Of A Proud Peoples Forced March From Homeland by Joseph Bruchac, Shonto Begay ISBN: 0792270584 Publisher: National Geographic Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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