Reclaiming Diné history : the legacies of Navajo Chief Manuelito and Juanita / Jennifer Nez Denetdale.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denetdale, Jennifer

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manuelito, Navajo chief, 1818-1893.

Manuelito.

Juanita, approximately 1845-1910.

Juanita.

Navajo Indians--Biography.

Navajo Indians.

History.

Public opinion.

Navajo Indians--Public opinion.

Navajo Indians--History.

Southwest, New--History.

Southwest, New.

New Southwest.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2007]

Summary:

In this groundbreaking book, Navajo historian Jennifer Nez Denetdale seeks to rewrite the history of the Navajo, or Dine, people. Reared on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico and Arizona, Jennifer Nez Denetdale is the great-great-great-granddaughter of the well-known Navajo chief Manuelito (1816-1894) and his nearly unknown wife Juanita (1845-1910). Stimulated in part by seeing photographs of her ancestors, she began to explore her family history as a way of examining broader issues in Navajo historiography. Here she presents a thought-provoking examination of the construction of Dine history that underlines the dichotomy between Navajo and non-Navajo perspectives on the past.

Contents:

Introduction

Recovering Diné intellectual traditions : at the intersection of history and oral tradition; or, "It's hard work traipsing around in Indian country"

A biographical account of Manuelito : noble savage, patriotic warrior, and American citizen

The imperial gaze : portraits of Juanita and Manuelito, 1868-1902

Stories of Asdzáá Tł'ógi : Diné traditional narratives as history

Stories in the land : Navajo uses of the past

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-232) and index.

ISBN:

9780816524204

0816524203

9780816526604

0816526605

OCLC:

76901886