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Youngdahl, Jay.

Title Working on the railroad, walking in beauty : Navajos, Hózhq, and track work / Jay Youngdahl.

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Logan : Utah State University Press, 2011.

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Summary	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 cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of hard labor away from home.
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.
Language	English.
Note	This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
Subject	Navajo Indians -- Employment.
	Navajo Indians -- Social conditions.
	Navajo Indians -- Religion.
	Railroad construction workers -- Southwest, New -- History.
	Railroads -- Southwest, New -- Employees -- History.
	Southwest, New -- Race relations.
	Southwest, New -- Politics and government.
	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.
	États-Unis (Nouveau Sud-Ouest) -- Relations raciales.
	HISTORY -- General.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	HISTORY -- General.
	Navajo Indians -- Employment
	Navajo Indians -- Religion
	Navajo Indians -- Social conditions
	Politics and government
	Race relations
	Railroad construction workers
	Railroads -- Employees
	New Southwest
Genre/Form	History
Other Form:	Print version: Youngdahl, Jay. Working on the railroad, walking in beauty. Logan : Utah State University Press, 2011 9780874218534 (DLC) 2011034427 (OCoLC)747947300
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