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Author Evans, Will, 1877-1954.

Title Along Navajo trails : recollections of a trader, 1898-1948 / by Will Evans ; edited by Susan E. Woods and Robert S. McPherson ; foreword by Charles S. Peterson.

Publication Info. Logan : Utah State University Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 263 pages) : illustrations, map
data file
Physical Medium polychrome
Series Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-258) and index.
Contents Will Evans, trader to the Navajos -- Starting along the trail -- Views of history around the Four Corners -- Agapito remembers the old days -- Yellow Horse and the Long Walk -- Establishment of trading posts -- Harry Baldwin and the Hogback Post -- Redrock Trading Post -- Little Singer and the beautiful mountain uprising -- Prosperity in reverse -- Oil and gas on Navajo land -- A Christmas Eve in Navajo land -- Navajos I have known -- Costiano -- Black Horse -- Bizhóshí -- Ugly Man -- Fat One and Son of Fat One -- Faith, an episode -- Tragedies in Navajo land -- Sandoval -- Slim policeman -- A dedicated medicine man -- Dan Pete -- Daily life and customs of the Navajo people -- Daily life in a hogan -- Navajo hospitality -- Trading with the Navajos -- Navajo blankets -- Silversmithing -- Cleanliness, clothes, and manners -- Hairstyles -- Tobacco, alcohol, and morality -- Navajo marriage customs and family life -- Divorce -- Tribal traditions and lore -- Sandpaintings -- My first fire dance -- Squaw dance (enemyway) -- Death, witchcraft, and skinwalkers -- Navajos and animals -- Postscript: The death of a man, the end of an era.
Summary Will Evans was the proprietor of the Shiprock Trading Company in early 20th century New Mexico. Probably more than most of his fellow traders, he had a strong interest in Navajo culture. He published in the local newspaper and other periodicals and compiled 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.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access
Language English.
Subject Navajo Indians -- New Mexico -- Shiprock Region -- History.
Navajo Indians.
New Mexico.
History.
Navajo Indians -- New Mexico -- Shiprock Region -- Social life and customs.
Manners and customs.
Navajo weavers -- New Mexico -- Shiprock Region -- History.
Navajo weavers.
Trading posts -- New Mexico -- Shiprock Region -- History.
Trading posts.
Indian traders -- New Mexico -- Shiprock Region -- History.
Indian traders.
Shiprock Region (N.M.) -- History.
Shiprock Region (N.M.) -- Social life and customs.
Genre/Form History.
Electronic books.
Added Author Woods, Susan E. (Susan Evans), 1952-
McPherson, Robert S., 1947-
Other Form: Print version: Evans, Will, b. 1877. Along Navajo trails. Logan : Utah State University Press, ©2005 0874216052 0874216060 (DLC) 2005001650 (OCoLC)57494056
ISBN 0874215234 (electronic book)
9780874215236 (electronic book)
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9781283275248
0874216052 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780874216059 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0874216060 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780874216066 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9786613275240
6613275247