Both sides of the bullpen : Navajo trade and posts / Robert S. McPherson

Object Details

NMAI copy purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature.
Contents: Of songs, prayers, and spirit: Navajo relationships and property concepts -- Setting the stage: traditional trading practices -- Thinking about architecture: Navajo values in the home and at the post -- Building bonds, trading goods: the Navajo post experience -- Standing behind the counter: the qualifications and qualities of a trader -- Exchanging wealth: stock and livestock -- Weaving a lifestyle: rugs and pawn -- Social life at the posts: ladies, law, and laughter -- Beginning relationships: early posts along the San Juan, 1878-1900 -- A different view at the posts: Ute and Navajo trade, 1880-1940 -- Posts as economic exciters: the heyday of Navajo trade, 1900-1935 -- The end of an era: boom, bust, and livestock reduction, 1920-1940 -- Epilogue: post trading post
Summary: "Examines how Navajo culture shaped and defined practices at trading posts between 1880 and 1940 in southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado."--Proviede by publisher

2017

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic: Commerce; Trading posts--History; Indian traders--History; Social life and customs; Navajo Indians--History; History