THE NAVAJOS by Ruth M. Underhill [SOLD]

THE NAVAJOS by Ruth M. Underhill

University of Oklahoma Press, Norman

Hardback, first edition, 1956, second printing 1958, no dust jacket, illustrated with many photographs, 300 pages

Contents

1.Navajo Ancestors – Origins of the Navajos

2.The Navajos Arrive – Navajos in the Southwest

3.Between the Four Mountains – Early Years in the Southwest

4.Second Beginning – Sheep and Horses

5.Learning by Marriage – Contact with Pueblo Refugees

6.The Navajos Become a People – Expansion After 1690

7. Lords of the Soil – The Heyday of Banditry

8. Men With Ears Down to Their Ankles – First Contact with the United States

9. Little White Fathers – First Agents

10.Kit Carson Brings ‘Em Back Alive – The Roundup

11.The Army Worm – Years at Fort Sumner

12.Third Beginning – First Reservation Years—The Navajos

13.Father Washington – First Reservation Years—The Agents

14.Navajo Shoguns – The Traders

15.Learning Paper – Schools

16.New Summit – Back to Prosperity

17.Time Catches Up with the Navajos – The Down Trend

18.Ferment – World War II Arouses—The Navajos to Modern Needs

19.Last Call for Help from the Navajos – A Transition Stage

20.Fourth Beginning: the Navajos Today – New Horizons