Title Working on the railroad, walking in beauty : Navajos, Hózhq, and track work / Jay Youngdahl.

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Logan : Utah State University Press, 2011.

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Summary	For over one hundred years, Navajos have gone to work in significant numbers on Southwestern railroads. As they took on the arduous work of laying and anchoring tracks, they turned to traditional religion to anchor their lives. Jay Youngdahl has used oral history and archival research to write a cultural history of Navajos' work on the railroad and the roles their religious traditions play in their lives of hard labor away from home.
Contents	One: Life on the Tracks -- Two: Religion on the Rez -- Three: A Visit with a Medicine Man -- Four: Adversaries and Advocates -- Five: How Did Navajo Men Come to Work for the Railroads? -- Six: Railroads, Trading Posts, and a Fatal Challenge to the RRB's System -- Seven: In the Workers' Words -- Eight: Anchoring and Adaptability, Fixed yet Fluid.
Language	English.
Subject	Navajo Indians -- Employment.
	Navajo Indians -- Social conditions.
	Navajo Indians -- Religion.
	Railroad construction workers -- Southwest, New -- History.
	Railroads -- Southwest, New -- Employees -- History.
	Southwest, New -- Race relations.
	Southwest, New -- Politics and government.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	HISTORY -- General.
	HISTORY -- General.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	Navajo Indians -- Employment. (OCoLC)fst01034816
	Navajo Indians -- Religion. (OCoLC)fst01034844
	Navajo Indians -- Social conditions. (OCoLC)fst01034847
	Politics and government. (OCoLC)fst01919741
	Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
	Railroad construction workers. (OCoLC)fst01088589
	Railroads -- Employees. (OCoLC)fst01088904
	Southwest, New. (OCoLC)fst01244556
	HISTORY -- General.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	Gender & Ethnic Studies.
	Social Sciences.
	Ethnic & Race Studies.
Genre/Form	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Other Form:	Print version: Youngdahl, Jay. Working on the railroad, walking in beauty. Logan : Utah State University Press, 2011 9780874218534 (DLC) 2011034427 (OCoLC)747947300
Standard No.	9786613341488
ISBN	9780874218541 (electronic bk.)
	0874218543 (electronic bk.)
	9780874218534
	0874218535
	9780874218589
	0874218586
	9786613341488
	6613341487
	1283341484
	9781283341486

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