Navajo Indians -- Cultural assimilation
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Austin A. Sam Autobiography and Houck Chapter History,
Collection
Identifier: MSS-656-BC
Abstract
The collection contains a typescript photocopy of "Sam's Story: The Autobiography of Austin A. Sam" which details the life of a Navajo Indian living in a "white environment." The collection also contains descriptive materials about the Houck Chapter of the Navajo reservation and material related to Sam's schooling and military service.
Dates:
1952-2010; Majority of material found in 1983-1992
Ronald J. Kurtz Cañoncito Navajo research papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS-758-BC
Abstract
The collection consists of Ronald Kurtz' field journal and field notes, as well as census data, court records, school records, drafts of unpublished papers, and historical research gathered for his dissertation, "Role Change and Cultural Change: The Cañoncito Navajo Case."
Dates:
1945-1963; Majority of material found in 1957