Clyde Kluckhohn (1905–1960)

Somewhat dated. I was hoping for a little more on Navajo history, maybe even a little archaeolgy, but that was my misconception. This book is really a more modern history of the Navajo, especially from around the 1940s. It has quite a lot of info on early 20th century Navajo. There is some cultural info that one can transfer to earlier times without being anachronistic i would assume? Particularly good info on Navajo family and kinship ties, and Navajo religious ideas and sprituality. Still would only be of value to the researcher of early 20th century Native Americans or to someone who is already informed about traditional Navajo culture and history as well as more modern Navajo cultural problems.… (mehr)