{"product_id":"a-din-history-of-navajoland-klara-kelley-9780816538744","title":"A Diné History of Navajoland","description":"For the first time, a sweeping history of the Din  that is foregrounded in oral tradition. Authors Klara Kelley and Harris Francis share Din  history from pre-Columbian time to the present, using ethnographic interviews in which Navajo people reveal their oral histories on key events such as Athabaskan migrations, trading and trails, Din  clans, the Long Walk of 1864, and the struggle to keep their culture alive under colonizers who brought the railroad, coal mining, trading posts, and, finally, climate change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The early chapters, based on ceremonial origin stories, tell about Din  forebears. Next come the histories of Din  clans from late pre-Columbian to early post-Columbian times, and the coming together of the Din  as a sovereign people. Later chapters are based on histories of families, individuals, and communities, and tell how the Din  have struggled to keep their bond with the land under settler encroachment, relocation, loss of land-based self-­sufficiency through the trading-post system, energy resource extraction, and climate change. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Archaeological and documentary information supplements the oral histories, providing a comprehensive investigation of Navajo history and offering new insights into their twentieth-century relationships with Hispanic and Anglo settlers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For Din  readers, the book offers empowering histories and stories of Din  cultural sovereignty. \"In short,\" the authors say, \"it may help you to know how you came to be where--and who--you are.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Klara Kelley, Harris Francis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816538743\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816538744\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Klara Kelley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052018921727,"sku":"9780816538744","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8ace6f1-403d-43a6-909d-26a1ad9847a5.jpg?v=1685016504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-din-history-of-navajoland-klara-kelley-9780816538744","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}