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Son of Old Man Hat : a navajo autobiography / recorded by Walter Dyk / with a foreword by Edward Sapir

By:

Left Handed, , 1868-

Contributor(s):

Dyk, Walter

Publication details: Lincoln, Neb. : University of Nebraska Press , c1967.Description: 378p. us ; 25Subject(s):

Navajo indians -- -Social life and customs

DDC classification:

LAS 970.2 LEF

Summary: "In 1934, as fellow of the National research council, I went to the Navaho reservation to collect material for a study of clan and kinship functions in Navaho society ... With a view of obtaining ... material, not alone for the light it might throw on the functions of clan and kin but on Navaho life in general, I asked one of my informants, an old man, Left Handed by name, to relate what he could remember of his life."--Pref., signed: W.D.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	LAS 970.2 LEF (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		044815

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"In 1934, as fellow of the National research council, I went to the Navaho reservation to collect material for a study of clan and kinship functions in Navaho society ... With a view of obtaining ... material, not alone for the light it might throw on the functions of clan and kin but on Navaho life in general, I asked one of my informants, an old man, Left Handed by name, to relate what he could remember of his life."--Pref., signed: W.D.

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