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This study was originally submitted to the Faculty of Anthropology 

 in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Arizona, in 

 partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of 

 philosophy. 



I am indebted to Barton A. Wright, of the Museum of Northern 

 Arizona, for preparation of the maps, charts, and text figures, and to 

 Messrs. Bud DeWald, Parker Hamilton, Christy G. Turner II, and 

 Arthur H. White for supplying several of the photographic illustra- 

 tions that I have included. 



PERSONAL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



So far as is possible without compromising the principles of either 

 clarity or courtesy, I have followed the policy throughout this study 

 of not mentioning names. A great many individuals, both White and 

 Navaho, have contributed significantly to its development, and these 

 will, I hope, recognize themselves as described in preceding pages. 

 I trust that they will also recognize and accept this anonymous ac- 

 knowledgment of their assistance, as well as the considerations which 

 have made it necessary. 



In a folk society such as still exists on the Navaho Eeservation, 

 however, professional and personal relations are often inseparable. 

 Throughout the years since 1946 I have come under heavy personal 

 obligation to a very great number of individuals for their generosity, 

 hospitality, and assistance in ways too numerous to mention. All of 

 these people deserve nothing less than citation by name, and it is 

 my hope that they will find themselves included in the lists which 

 follow. 



I cannot begin more appropriately than by avowing my incalculable 

 indebtedness to my mother, Lucy W. Adams. By bringing me to live 

 on the Navaho Eeservation at an early and impressionable age, she 

 set me, albeit unwittingly, on the course which has led irrevocably 

 to the present study and to my chosen career. To her and to my 

 brother Ernest, who was my closest companion not only in boyhood 

 but for years afterward, I owe much for the stimulation of sharing 

 my earliest and still some of my most vivid experiences with the 

 Navaho world. 



Personally as well as professionally, I am deeply indebted to the 

 numerous Navaho traders and their families with whom I have been 

 associated over the years. Foremost among these in every way are 

 Mr. and Mrs. Eeuben Heflin, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. ("Stokes") Carson, 

 and Mr. and Mrs. David M. Goss. Other traders whom I have known 

 and liked, and whose hospitality I have often enjoyed, are or were 

 Mr. and Mrs. Coyt Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Boyle (deceased), 

 Mr. and Mrs. Ed Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Willard Layton, Mr. and Mrs. 



