Navajo Sacred Places

By: Klara Bonsack Kelley, Harris Francis (As told to)

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Paperback | 1 November 1994

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"Kelley and Francis clearly and comprehensivly address a timely topic, illuminating superbly the inexorable linkage between preserving American Indian cultures and protecting sites endowed with spiritual significance." --Choice

"This is an exceptional ethnography of the Navajos' relationship to their land . . . " --The Reader's Review

"The authors succeed admirably in their goal to investigate Navajo oral traditions in relation to place." --Raymond J. DeMallie

An engaging blend of anthropological study and firsthand account takes readers into the heart of the Navajo's struggle to protect their sacred places.

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"Kelley and Francis clearly and comprehensivly address a timely topic, illuminating superbly the inexorable linkage between preserving American Indian cultures and protecting sites endowed with spiritual significance." - Choice "This is an exceptional ethnography of the Navajos' relationship to their land ... "- The Reader's Review "The authors succeed admirably in their goal to investigate Navajo oral traditions in relation to place." - Raymond J. DeMallie

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Acknowledgments
Introduction	p. 1
Places Important to Navajo People: A Survey of Thirteen Navajo Communities
Background	p. 15
The Project to Consult Navajo Communities	p. 26
Interpretation of Results	p. 41
Places Important to Navajo People: Other Studies
Other Studies: What They Did and How They Did It	p. 53
Stories and Types of Places in the Other Studies	p. 64
Preserving the Culture by Preserving the Land: The "Landscape" and "Piecemeal" Approaches	p. 91
The Hidden Reservoir	p. 105
Navajo Customary Landscapes and Development Landscapes
What Navajos Say about Cultural Preservation	p. 135
Navajo Endangered Landscapes	p. 149
Endangered Landscapes outside Navajo Jurisdiction	p. 165
Hidden and Manifest Landscapes in Stories
Analytical Framework	p. 187
Hidden and Manifest Landscapes in Two Stories	p. 193
A Story about "Where Whiteshell Woman Stopped for Lunch"	p. 205
The Land, the People, and Culture Change	p. 221
Appendixes	p. 229
Notes	p. 235
References	p. 239
Index	p. 253
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