CONTENT 



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Preface x 



Introduction 1 



Definition and delimitation 1 



Genesis of the study 2 



First acquaintance with Shonto community 2 



Association with Shonto Trading Post 3 



Trading experience 4 



The trader in literature 5 



Refinement of the problem 8 



Theoretical foundations 10 



Summary of the problem 12 



Execution of the study 12 



Conditions of fieldwork 12 



Methods 14 



Informants 16 



Records and documents 19 



Summary of sources 21 



Role 22 



Biases 25 



Preparation of the report 27 



Personal acknowledgments 27 



Part 1. The Community 30 



Background 30 



Physical setting 31 



Geography 32 



Topography 33 



Geology 34 



Water supply 35 



Vegetation 35 



Climate 35 



Historical setting 36 



Prehistory 36 



Navaho settlement 37 



European penetration 39 



The American period 40 



Development of the modern community 42 



Trading 42 



Tourist development 43 



Government development 44 



Missions 48 



The outside world 49 



Mining 51 



Shonto in 1955 52 



Navaho life 53 



Social structure 54 



Households 54 



Residence groups 57 



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