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Author McPherson, Robert S., 1947-

Title The northern Navajo frontier, 1860-1900 : expansion through adversity / Robert S. McPherson.

Imprint Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2001.

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 133 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Note Originally published: Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©1988.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-125) and index.
Note Print version record.
Contents Setting the Stage -- Navajos, Utes and the Paiute Connection 1860-80 -- Monster Slayer Meets the Mormons on the Northern Navajo Frontier, 1870-1900 -- Navajos, Mormons, and Henry L. Mitchell: Cauldron of Conflict on the San Juan -- Indians, Anglos, and Ungulates: Resource Competion on the San Juan -- Boats, Booze, and Barter: Trade on the Norther Navajo Frontier, 1870-1910 -- Boundaries, Bonanzas, and Bickering: Consolidation of the Northern Navajo Frontier, 1870-1905 -- Conclusion.
Summary McPherson argues that, instead of being a downtrodden group of prisoners, defeated militarily in the 1860s and dependent on the U.S. government for protection and guidance in the 1870s and 80s, the Navajo nation was vigorously involved in defending and expanding the borders of their homelands. This was accomplished not through war nor as a concerted effort, but by an aggressive defensive policy built on individual action that varied with changing circumstances. Many Navajos never made the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo. Instead they eluded capture in northern and western hinterlands and thereby pushed out their frontier. This book focuses on the events and activities in one part of the Navajo borderlands-the northern frontier-where between 1860 and 1900 the Navajos were able to secure a large portion of land that is still part of the reservation. This expansion was achieved during a period when most Native Americans were losing their lands.
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Language English.
Subject Navajo Indians -- History.
Navajo Indians -- Land tenure.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Southwest, New.
Navajo -- Histoire.
Navajo -- Terres.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- Southwest (AZ, NM, OK, TX)
Frontier and pioneer life
Navajo Indians
Navajo Indians -- Land tenure
New Southwest
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version: McPherson, Robert S., 1947- Northern Navajo frontier, 1860-1900. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2001 0874214246 9780874214246 (DLC) 2001046525 (OCoLC)47764347
Online version: McPherson, Robert S., 1947- Northern Navajo frontier, 1860-1900. Logan, Utah : Utah State University Press, ©2001 (OCoLC)1327809837
ISBN 9780874216714 (electronic bk.)
0874216710 (electronic bk.)
0874214246
9780874214246
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9781283267410
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0874214246 (alk. paper)
9780874214246 (alk. paper)
Standard No. 9780874214246
AU@ 000051447941
GBVCP 1008649457

 
    
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