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Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape
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Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape Paperback - 2000

by Laurance D. Linford


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Navajoland is the heart and soul of the American Southwest. While the Navajo Reservation incorporates portions of Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah, this is only about half the traditional homeland of 220,000 Din, the People. In one way or another, nearly all of it, including the original homeland, is sacred to them. Before Spaniards and Americans affixed their own names to the land, every topographic feature had at least one Navajo name. Many of these made their way onto maps--in various forms--or are still in use among Navajo speakers.

Navajo Places is the most ambitious attempt yet to preserve this rich legacy. Through years of research, interviews, and consultation with Navajo authorities, Laurance Linford has compiled a place-name guide that goes beyond reservation boundaries to include the entirety of the traditional Navajo homeland. The volume contains over 1,200 entries, plus a pronunciation guide and sections on Navajo history and the relation of ritual and sacred legend to landscape.

An invaluable resource for anyone interested in the Four Corners region.

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  • Title Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape
  • Author Laurance D. Linford
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 360
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Utah Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 2000-04
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780874806243 / 0874806240
  • Weight 1.76 lbs (0.80 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.07 x 7.15 x 0.91 in (25.58 x 18.16 x 2.31 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Library of Congress subjects Navajo mythology, Navajo Indians - History
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99053553
  • Dewey Decimal Code 979.004

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Citations

  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2000, Page 45

About the author

Laurance Linford was trained as an archaeologist. Formerly executive director of the Inter-Tribal Indian Ceremonial Association in Gallup, NM, he is now an administrator for the Gallup-McKinley County Public Schools.

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