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Along Navajo Trails

Author : Will Evans
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 1457174898
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book Along Navajo Trails written by Will Evans and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2005-04-15 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will Evans's writings should find a special niche in the small but significant body of literature from and about traders to the Navajos. Evans was the proprietor of the Shiprock Trading Company. Probably more than most of his fellow traders, he had a strong interest in Navajo culture. The effort he made to record and share what he learned certainly was unusual. He published in the Farmington and New Mexico newspapers and other periodicals, compiling many of his pieces into a book manuscript. His subjects were Navajos he knew and traded with, their stories of historic events such as the Long Walk, and descriptions of their culture as he, an outsider without academic training, understood it. Evans's writings were colored by his fondness for, uncommon access to, and friendships with Navajos, and by who he was: a trader, folk artist, and Mormon. He accurately portrayed the operations of a trading post and knew both the material and artistic value of Navajo crafts. His art was mainly inspired by Navajo sandpainting. He appropriated and, no doubt, sometimes misappropriated that sacred art to paint surfaces and objects of all kinds. As a Mormon, he had particular views of who the Navajos were and what they believed and was representative of a large class of often-overlooked traders. Much of the Navajo trade in the Four Corners region and farther west was operated by Mormons. They had a significant historical role as intermediaries, or brokers, between Native and European American peoples in this part of the West. Well connected at the center of that world, Evans was a good spokesperson.

Navajo Trading

Author : Willow Roberts Powers
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826323224
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Navajo Trading written by Willow Roberts Powers and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This overview is the first to examine trading in the last quarter of the twentieth century, when changes in both Navajo and white cultures led to the investigation of trading practices by the Federal Trade Commission, resulting in the demise of most traditional trading posts.

Traders, Agents, and Weavers

Author : Robert S. McPherson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806166673
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Traders, Agents, and Weavers written by Robert S. McPherson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2020-03-12 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For travelers passing through northern Navajo country, the desert landscape appears desolate. The few remaining Navajo trading posts, once famous for their bustling commerce, seem unimpressive. Yet a closer look at the economic and creative activity in this region, which straddles northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah, belies a far more interesting picture. In Traders, Agents, and Weavers, Robert S. McPherson unveils the fascinating—and at times surprising—history of the merging of cultures and artistic innovation across this land. McPherson, the author of numerous books on Navajo and southwestern history, narrates here the story of Navajo economic and cultural development through the testimonies of traders, government agents, tribal leaders, and accomplished weavers. For the first half of the twentieth century, trading posts dominated the Navajo economy in northwestern New Mexico. McPherson highlights the Two Grey Hills post and its sister posts Toadlena and Newcomb, which encouraged excellence among weavers and sold high-quality rugs and blankets. Parallel to the success of the trading industry was the establishment of the Northern Navajo or Shiprock Agency and Boarding School. The author explains the pivotal influence on the area of the agency’s stern and controversial founder, William T. Shelton, known by Navajos as Tall Leader. Through cooperation with government agents, American settlers, and traders, Navajo weavers not only succeeded financially but also developed their own artistic crafts. Shunning the use of brightly dyed yarn and opting for the natural colors of sheep’s wool, these weavers, primarily women, developed an intricate style that has few rivals. Eventually, economic shifts, including oil drilling and livestock reduction, eroded the traditional Navajo way of life and led to the collapse of the trading post system. Nonetheless, as McPherson emphasizes, Navajo weavers have maintained their distinctive style and method of production to this day.

Wide Ruins

Author : Sallie R. Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Wide Ruins written by Sallie R. Wagner and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively memoir describes trading post life from 1938 to 1950 and the many changes experienced by Navajos and all Americans during and after World War II.

Navajo Trading

Author : Bonney Youngblood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 142 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navajo Trading written by Bonney Youngblood and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Patterns of Exchange

Author : Teresa J. Wilkins
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806186623
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Patterns of Exchange written by Teresa J. Wilkins and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Navajo rugs and textiles that people admire and buy today are the result of many historical influences, particularly the interaction between Navajo weavers and the traders who guided their production and controlled their sale. John Lorenzo Hubbell and other late-nineteenth-century traders were convinced they knew which patterns and colors would appeal to Anglo-American buyers, and so they heavily encouraged those designs. In Patterns of Exchange, Teresa J. Wilkins traces how the relationships between generations of Navajo weavers and traders affected Navajo weaving. The Navajos valued their relationships with Hubbell and others who operated trading posts on their reservation. As a result, they did not always see themselves as exploited victims of a capitalist system. Rather, because of Navajo cultural traditions of gift-giving and helping others, the artists slowly adapted some of the patterns and colors the traders requested into their own designs. By the 1890s, Hubbell and others commissioned paintings depicting particular weaving styles and encouraged Navajo weavers to copy them, reinforcing public perceptions of traditional Navajo weaving. Even the Navajos came to revere certain designs as “the weaving of the ancestors.” Enhanced by numerous illustrations, including eight color plates, this volume traces the intricate play of cultural and economic pressures and personal relationships between artists and traders that guided Navajo weavers to produce textiles that are today emblems of the Native American Southwest. Winner - Multi-cultural Subject, New Mexico Book Awards

Navajo Trader

Author : Gladwell Richardson
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 0816512620
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book Navajo Trader written by Gladwell Richardson and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gladwell "Toney" Richardson came from a long line of Indian traders and published nearly three hundred western novels under pseudonyms like "Maurice Kildare." His forty years of managing trading posts on the Navajo Reservation are now recalled in this colorful memoir.

Traders to the Navajos

Author : Frances Gillmor
Publisher : Franklin Classics
ISBN 13 : 9780343297633
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Traders to the Navajos written by Frances Gillmor and published by Franklin Classics. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Navaho Trading Days

Author : Elizabeth Compton Hegemann
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826309402
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book Navaho Trading Days written by Elizabeth Compton Hegemann and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 1963 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photos. and text give picture of Navaho life in the period between the two World Wars.

Both Sides of the Bullpen

Author : Robert S. McPherson
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806159391
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Both Sides of the Bullpen written by Robert S. McPherson and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2017-10-19 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1880 and 1940, Navajo and Ute families and westward-trending Anglos met in the “bullpens” of southwestern trading posts to barter for material goods. As the products of the livestock economy of Navajo culture were exchanged for the merchandise of an industrialized nation, a wealth of cultural knowledge also changed hands. In Both Sides of the Bullpen, Robert S. McPherson reveals the ways that Navajo tradition fundamentally reshaped and defined trading practices in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado. Drawing on oral histories of Native peoples and traders collected over thirty years of research, McPherson explores these interactions from both perspectives, as wool, blankets, and silver crossed the counter in exchange for flour, coffee, and hardware. To succeed, traders had to meet the needs and expectations of their customers, often interpreted through Navajo cultural standards. From the organization of the post building to gift giving, health care and burial services, and a credit system tailored to the Navajo calendar, every feature of the trading post served trader and customer alike. Over time, these posts evolved from ad hoc business ventures or profitable cooperative stores into institutions with a clearly defined set of expectations that followed Navajo traditional practices. Traders spent their days evaluating craft work, learning the financial circumstances of each Native family, following economic trends in the wool and livestock industry back east, and avoiding conflict. In detail and depth, the many voices woven throughout Both Sides of the Bullpen restore an underappreciated era to the history of the American Southwest. They show us that for American Indians and white traders alike in the Four Corners region during the late 1800s and early 1900s, barter was as much a cultural expression as it was an economic necessity.

The Case of the Indian Trader

Author : Paul D. Berkowitz
Publisher : UNM Press
ISBN 13 : 0826348602
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (263 download)

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Download or read book The Case of the Indian Trader written by Paul D. Berkowitz and published by UNM Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of Billy Gene Malone and the end of an era. Malone lived almost his entire life on the Navajo Reservation working as an Indian trader; the last real indian trader to operate historis Hubbell Trading Post. In 2004 the National Park Service (NPS) launched an investigation targeting Malone, alleging a long list of crimes that literally equated him with the likes of Al Capone. A thought-provoking story of the dark side of a respected branch of the American government, The Case of the Indian Trader will open the eyes of a wide audience.

Hubbell Trading Post

Author : Erica Cottam
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 0806152559
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book Hubbell Trading Post written by Erica Cottam and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a century, trading posts in the American Southwest tied the U.S. economy and culture to those of American Indian peoples—and in this capacity, Hubbell Trading Post, founded in 1878 in Ganado, Arizona, had no parallel. This book tells the story of the Hubbell family, its Navajo neighbors and clients, and what the changing relationship between them reveals about the history of Navajo trading. Drawing on extensive archival material and secondary literature, historian Erica Cottam begins with an account of John Lorenzo Hubbell, who was part Hispanic, part Anglo, and wholly brilliant and charismatic. She examines his trading practices and the strategies he used to meet the challenges of Navajo exchange customs and a seasonal trading cycle. Tracing the trading post’s affairs through the upheavals of the twentieth century, Cottam explores the growth of tourism, the development of Navajo weaving, the automobile’s advent, and the Hubbells’ relationship with the Fred Harvey Company. She also describes the Hubbell family’s role in providing Navajo and Hopi demonstrators for world’s fairs and other events and in supplying museums with Native artifacts. Acknowledging the criticism aimed at the Hubbell family for taking advantage of Navajo clients, Cottam shows the family’s strengths: their integrity as business operators and the warm friendships they developed with customers and with the artists, writers, archaeologists, politicians, and tourists attracted to Navajo country by its unparalleled landscapes and fascinating peoples. Cottam traces the preservation efforts of Hubbell’s daughter-in-law after the Great Depression and World War II fundamentally altered the trading post business, and concludes with the post’s transition to its present status as a National Park Service historic site.

The Trading Post System on the Navajo Reservation

Author : United States. Federal Trade Commission
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Trading Post System on the Navajo Reservation written by United States. Federal Trade Commission and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The trading post system. History ; The historical role of credit ; The modern trading post ; Legal status of the trader ; Multiple roles of the trader ; Geographical monopoly ; Credit -- Abusive trading practices -- Off-reservation problems -- Responsibility. Bureau of Indian Affairs ; The Navajo tribe ; State action -- Recommendations -- Appendices.

Navajo Trader

Author : Gladwell Richardson
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816512621
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (126 download)

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Download or read book Navajo Trader written by Gladwell Richardson and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1991-07-01 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gladwell "Toney" Richardson came from a long line of Indian traders and published nearly three hundred western novels under pseudonyms like "Maurice Kildare." His forty years of managing trading posts on the Navajo Reservation are now recalled in this colorful memoir.

Stokes Carson

Author : Willow Roberts Powers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 970 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (598 download)

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Download or read book Stokes Carson written by Willow Roberts Powers and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 970 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Diné History of Navajoland

Author : Klara Kelley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0816538743
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (165 download)

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Download or read book A Diné History of Navajoland written by Klara Kelley and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An overview of Navajo history from pre-Columbian time to the present, written for the Navajo community and highlighting Navajo oral history"--

The master weavers : celebrating one hundred years of Navajo textile artists from the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills weaving region

Author : Mark [VNV] Winter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982509463
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (94 download)

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Download or read book The master weavers : celebrating one hundred years of Navajo textile artists from the Toadlena/Two Grey Hills weaving region written by Mark [VNV] Winter and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: