Working on the railroad, walking in beauty : Navajos, Hózhq, and track work /

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For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives. Jay Youngdahl has used oral history and archival research to write a cul...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Youngdahl, Jay
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Logan : Utah State University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Navajo Indians > Employment.
Navajo Indians > Social conditions.
Navajo Indians > Religion.
Railroad construction workers > Southwest, New > History.
Railroads > Southwest, New > Employees > History.
Navajo > Travail.
Navajo > Conditions sociales.
Navajo > Religion.
Ouvriers de la construction des chemins de fer > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
Travailleurs des chemins de fer > États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Histoire.
HISTORY > General.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Navajo Indians > Employment
Navajo Indians > Religion
Navajo Indians > Social conditions
Politics and government
Race relations
Railroad construction workers
Railroads > Employees
Southwest, New > Race relations.
Southwest, New > Politics and government.
États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) > Relations raciales.
New Southwest
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Life on the tracks
  • Religion on the Rez
  • A visit with a medicine man
  • Adversaries and advocates
  • How did Navajo men come to work for the railroads?
  • Railroads, trading posts, and a fatal challenge to the RRB's system
  • In the workers' words
  • Anchoring and adaptability, fixed yet fluid.

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