Working on the railroad, walking in beauty Navajos, Hózhq, and track work
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Utah State University Press
2011, 2011
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| 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 |
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| Physical Description: | 185 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 1283341484 1607327171 0874218586 9781607327172 0874218535 6613341487 9780874218589 9781283341486 9786613341488 9780874218534 |