Dissertationen: „Nation navajo“

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Tuttle, Sabrina, Gerald Moore und Jeannie Benally. „The Navajo Nation Quick Facts“. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144737.

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Tuttle, Sabrina, Gerald Moore und Jeannie Benally. „The Navajo Nation and Extension Programs“. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144736.

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This fact sheet describes describes the socioeconomic and cultural aspects of the Navajo reservation, as well as the history of extension and effective extension programs and collaborations conducted on this reservation.

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Hale, Michelle Lynn. „Devolution and the Navajo Nation: Strategies for Local Empowerment in Three Navajo Communities“. Diss., The University of Arizona, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/228455.

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The Navajo Nation comprises 110 local communities spread over 16 million acres and linked under a highly centralized system of tribal government. Since the creation of the Navajo chapter system, which facilitates local governance for the Navajo Nation, there have been growing tensions between some of these local communities and the central government in Window Rock. In the 1990s and early 2000s, several of these communities moved to claim greater decision-making authority as an assertion of local empowerment. This dissertation examines three such communities and their empowerment strategies: a grassroots secession movement at Tohajiilee, Shonto's use of the Navajo Nation's Local Governance Act (LGA), and the establishment of the Kayenta Township. This comparative study examines these strategies and considers their significance for the future of Navajo leadership and self-government.

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Twaalfhoven, Lotte. „The Cultural Preservation of the Navajo Nation. A multicultural and assimilation policy analysis on the Navajo Nation and cultural preservation“. Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-22853.

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In this thesis the cultural preservation of the Navajo Nation is analyzed through a multicultural and assimilation framework. The Navajo Nation is a case study in this research. A policy analysis is used in this thesis and analyses policies in three proxy categories of culture: education, land ownership, and self-governance. The main policies analyzed in this thesis are the current (federal) policies regarding education, land ownership, and self-governance. Current means the policies that are in place and in effect today. This thesis also analyses past policies in order to create a foundation. It further analyzes these policies to examine the outcomes and implications of the policies on the cultural preservation of the Navajo Nation. Gerd Baumann’s theories on culture, Kymlicka’s liberal multiculturalism, Margalit and Halbertal’s communitarian multiculturalism, and assimilation are used as the theoretical framework of this thesis. The findings cannot be generalized. Some policies have the outcome that was intended whereas other policies have the opposite outcomes of what was intended in the policy. Thus, multicultural policies do not necessarily have a multicultural outcome, sometimes the outcomes of the policy can have an opposite outcome of what the nature of the policy is.

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Tuttle, Sabrina, Gerald Moore und Jeannie Benally. „Process of Conducting Research on the Navajo Nation“. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/144738.

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Cohen, Erik. „An Appreciative Inquiry Study of Successful Navajo High School Students on the Navajo Nation“. The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397083944.

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Schewel, Heidi Marie 1955. „Employment of Navajos on the Navajo nation in Arizona as influenced by instruction in vocational agriculture“. Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/277095.

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The purpose of this study was to compare employment rates of vocational agriculture program completers from Chinle High School in Arizona with employment rates of non-Hispanic Native Americans residing in the same area and of comparable age. In addition, program completers' perceptions of the competencies taught and the value of the vocational agriculture program at Chinle High School were ascertained. Results indicated vocational agriculture program completers from Chinle High School had higher employment rates than the comparison group. Program completers were employed in a variety of occupations, the highest frequency working in production agriculture enterprises. Program completers were using many Core Curriculum Competencies taught in the vocational agriculture program. The competencies were used in primary vocations, avocations, or both. Program completers placed a high value on their experiences while enrolled in the vocational agriculture program at Chinle High School. The program was given high ratings by participants.

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McGinley, Susan. „The Diversity Inside: Cryptic Fungi on the Navajo Nation“. College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/622132.

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Tecle, Aregai, Paul Heinrich, John Leeper und Jolene Tallsalt-Robertson. „Rainfall-Runoff Model for Black Creek Watershed, Navajo Nation“. Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301297.

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From the Proceedings of the 2012 Meetings of the Hydrology Section - Arizona-Nevada Academy of Science - April 14,2012, Glendale Community College, Glendale, Arizona
This paper develops a rainfall-runoff model for estimating surface and peak flow rates from precipitation storm events on the Black Creek watershed in the Navajo Nation. The Black Creek watershed lies in the southern part of the Navajo Nation between the Defiance Plateau on the west and the Chuska Mountains on the east. The area is in the semiarid part of the Colorado Plateau on which there is about 10 inches of precipitation a year. We have two main purposes for embarking on the study. One is to determine the amount of runoff and peak flow rate generated from rainfall storm events falling on the 655 square mile watershed and the second is to provide the Navajo Nation with a method for estimating water yield and peak flow in the absence of adequate data. Two models, Watershed Modeling System (WMS) and the Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC) Hydrological Modeling System (HMS) that have Geographic Information System (GIS) capabilities are used to generate stream hydrographs. The latter show peak flow rates and total amounts of stream flows produced from rainfall storm events. Two 24-hour rainfall amounts, 1.1 inches and 0.6 inches, are imputed into the WMS and HEC HMS modeling system and evaluated to produce 1770 cfs and 3.9 cfs of peak flows and 1106.5 acre feet and 2.7 acre feet of total flow volumes, respectively. Even though the first one seems to be a little high compared to historical peak flows from the watershed, the outcomes seem to be quite appropriate for the study area when compared with gauging site flows at other times as well as with flows from well-instrumented nearby watersheds.

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Feltes-Strigler, Marie-Claude. „Tradition et developpement : les options economiques de la nation navajo“. Paris 7, 1998. http://www.theses.fr/1998PA070061.

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La nation navajo, dont la reserve est riche en ressources minieres jusqu'a present exploitees par de grandes societes multinationales, a la volonte de trouver sa propre voie de developpement. Or, le processus de developpement implique intrisinsequement une contradiction. Comme les pays du tiers-monde, les reserves indiennes + en voie de developpement ; se trouvent face a un dilemme culturel : il semble bien difficile de preserver simultanement une culture et des valeurs traditionnelles et d'assurer un developpement economique : pour preserver leur identite culturelle, les indiens et en particulier les navajo sont sommes d'acquerir les connaissances et les qualifications technologiques et scientifiques qui leur permettront de controler eux-memes leur developpement et d'etre competitifs sur le marche national et international. Mais l'acquisition de ce pouvoir + moderne ; n'est-il pas la voie de l'acculturation ? tradition et modernite peuvent-elles se conjuguer dans une societe qui serait en evolution permanente, tout en assurant sa continuite ? quel avenir peut-on prevoir pour les navajo ? depuis leur arrivee dans le sud-ouest, les navajo ont toujours fait preuve d'une grande capacite d'adaptation, meme aux periodes les plus traumatisantes de leur histoire, c'est-a-dire leur deportation a bosque redondo de 1864 a 1868 et la periode de reduction des troupeaux des annees 1930 a 1950. Neanmoins cette capacite est mise aujourd'hui a rude epreuve, alors que le monde exterieur penetre dans les parties les plus reculees de la reserve grace aux media et que l'on assiste a la globalisation de l'economie
The navajo nation, whose reservation is rich in mineral resources exploited so far by huge multinationals, intends to find its own mode of development. Yet, the process of development implies an inherent contradiction. Just like third world countries, + developing ; indian reservations are faced with a cultural dilemma : it seems hardly feasible both to preserve a culture and traditional values, and to achieve economic development: to preserve their cultural identity, the indians, and particularly the navajo, are required to acquire the knowledge and scientific and technical qualifications which will enable them to take control of their development and to be competitive on the national and international markets; but does the acquisition of this + modern ; power not lead to acculturation ? can tradition and modernity mix in a society which is constantly evolving, and still guarantee its stability ? what future can we expect for the navajo ? since they arrived in the soutwest, the navajo have always shown a great capacity for adaptation, even during the most tramatizing periods in their history, i. E. Their deportation to bosque redondo from 1864 to 1868 and the stock reduction programs, from the 1930s to the 1850s. Nevertheless, this capacity today is going through a hard time, as the outside world reaches the remotest parts of the reservation thanks to the media, and as the globalization of economy is taking place

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Chee, Ronson Riley, und Ronson Riley Chee. „Prioritization of Potable Water Infrastructure Investments on the Navajo Nation“. Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/624473.

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Notorious for its high poverty levels and low socio-economic status, the Navajo Nation’s socio-economic well-being is hindered greatly in part by the lack of an adequate potable water infrastructure which has resulted in health disparities and has attributed to stunted economic growth within the Nation. Large candidate regional water transmission pipelines projects aimed to meet these needs have been identified. With capital costs exceeding their fiscal capability, decision-makers must choose projects that generate the most bang for the buck. To address these challenges, three (3) interconnected planning tools have been developed: (1) a water pipe installation construction cost estimation model (WaterCOSTE) to improve the accuracy of capital cost estimates; (2) a hydraulic optimization model (WaterTRANS) that improves design efficiency for branched water transmission systems; and (3) a decision support system (DSS) that allows candidate water transmission projects to be ranked while considering economic development, health improvement and environmental protection objectives. Estimates derived from WaterCOSTE are used as input into WaterTRANS to find least-cost system designs. The system costs along with other project data are then input into the DSS to determine project rankings. To demonstrate how the DSS can be used and applied, two candidate projects on the Navajo Nation are evaluated. The tools developed will enable decision-makers to improve planning processes and make wiser investment decisions that will lead to expanding the water infrastructure coverage and living conditions on the Navajo Nation.

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Rajashekara, Shruthi. „A Qualitative Assessment of Healthy Food Access in Navajo Nation“. Thesis, Harvard University, 2014. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:13041351.

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Background: The Navajo population experiences high rates of food insecurity, contributing to high rates of chronic disease. We conducted in-depth interviews with Navajo tribal members in order to understand food insecurity in this community and inform the design of an intervention to improve access to healthy foods. Methods: Thirty individuals were interviewed over a three-month period, including Chapter House officials, Community Health Representatives and heads of households living in the Crownpoint Service Unit in Navajo Nation. Data was coded, grouped into analytical categories and integrated into a thematic framework. Results: Food insecurity in Navajo Nation demonstrates variability at the structural, community, and individual and household levels. Income, transportation, vendors, Chapter Houses, social support and health literacy were the main factors contributing to participants’ access to healthy foods. Responses to food insecurity were explored through coping strategies as well as through food purchasing strategies such as price, proximity, shelf life, family preferences, and ease of preparation. Lastly, participants discussed their endorsement for a proposed intervention to increase access to healthy foods. Conclusion: Food insecurity in Navajo Nation is a complex issue, influenced by the dynamic relationship between determinants of individual behavior and the broader environmental context in which they are embedded. A community-based multi-level intervention is necessary in order to achieve sustainable improvement in access to healthy foods.

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Adolpho, Quintina Ava. „Navajo Nation Brain Drain: An Exploration of Returning College Graduates' Perspectives“. BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5476.

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American Indian tribes face the phenomenon known across the world as the brain drain. They invest millions of dollars in educating their members, only to have little return on their investments. Many nation members leave reservations to get postsecondary education but never return, contributing to the brain drain. Those who get education off the reservation and choose to return are the exceptions to this rule. Although there is an abundance of literature regarding the brain drain across the world, there has been little research done with American Indians. In order to begin to understand the brain drain phenomenon this study analyzed unstructured qualitative interviews of 17 Navajo Nation members who left their reservation, obtained a degree and returned to work on the reservation. Themes resulting from the hermeneutic analysis of texts that describe the reason why these individuals returned were (a) Family Support, (b) Cultural Identity, (c) Simple Lifestyle, (d) Community and (e) Reservation Economy. The analysis found that constant, lengthy, and meaningful relationships were motivating factors in drawing participants back to contribute to their reservations. Those principles and teachings in the home of these returnees prompts further research in identifying the reasons they were drawn back to their American Indian communities.

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Bartlett, Anna Therese. „Leaf Fiber Strength and Fruit Nutrient Content of Yucca Species Native to the Navajo Nation“. BYU ScholarsArchive, 2019. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7554.

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The strength of leaf fibers and the nutritional value of the edible fruit of several yucca species native to the U.S. southwest were studied to aid in the determination of species best suited for commercial cultivation by the Navajo Nation. The leaves were softened in an autoclave to facilitate the removal of the leaf matrix, conditioned in environmentally controlled chambers, and the fibers were broken using a texture analyzer. The fibers were frozen and cross sectioned and photographed to determine cross sectional area. Official methods were used to determine the nutritional content of the fruit. The mean tensile strength of Y. angustissima, Y. baccata, and Y. glauca was 484 Â±79, 710Â±174, and 388Â±104 MPa, respectively. Fibers from the leaves of Y. baccata had a significantly higher tensile strength than the leaves of the other two species. Nutritional profiling of the fruit of Y. angustissima and Y. baccata indicated that the fruit of both species are good sources of vitamin C (73-119 mg/100g) and thiamin (0.20 to 0.22 mg/100g). Because of its edible fruit and superior leaf fiber tensile strength, Y. baccata is recommended as the best species for cultivation and commercialization.

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Mendelsohn, Pamela. „Culture shocks, tremors, and other disturbances: commentary on an intercultural experience“. Thesis, Boston University, 2005. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/27720.

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Boston University. University Professors Program Senior theses.
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Voirin, Chase R., und Chase R. Voirin. „Exploring Techniques to Investigate Mule Deer Diet Composition on the Navajo Nation“. Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/620710.

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Knowledge of the diet of wildlife can aid wildlife biologists to better understand how a species functions within a given ecosystem. Numerous studies have identified various avenues to examine diet for species throughout the world. Wildlife biologists have used diet composition variables as a means to better understand habitat use and aid in the management and conservation of mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus. The complexity of deer diet is still unknown, and local wildlife management agencies could improve conservation strategies with more information regarding the breadth of plant selection in deer diet. Researchers have used non-invasive methods, such as microhistology via fecal analyses, to assess diet composition for mule deer. However, microhistology has several drawbacks that include accuracy in identification and differentiation of plant species, and even genus, as well as determination of accurate proportions of taxa ingested. Genetic techniques, such as next-generation sequencing (NGS), present new avenues for analyzing herbivore diets, especially through the amplification and analyses of specific regions of chloroplast DNA (cpDNA). Additionally, few studies have directly compared microhistological and NGS diet analyses results for any wildlife species. My objectives were to compare diet composition results of both microhistological and NGS diet analyses through estimating diet richness, taxonomic resolution, percent diet, and frequency of occurrence of plant taxa across samples. Mule deer fecal samples were collected on the Navajo Nation from summer and winter ranges of two distinct mule deer populations, Chuska and Carrizo. I found far greater richness and resolution from NGS of plant taxa through the identification of a greater number of species and genera among all populations, within seasons. Upon testing both methods for both populations, no significant agreement was identified for percent of families identified in the diet with both methods, across all samples. I found trends of positive correlation in the occurrence of families between both methods for Carrizo summer diet, as well as among genera and families in Carrizo winter diet. Upon further statistical analyses, I found no significant positive correlation in the occurrence of genera and families identified with both methods among all samples. Genetic techniques may present innovative methods for determining mule deer diet in various ecosystems, and may also be applied to a broad range of herbivore diet studies.

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Roessel, Raymond J. „Hydrogeology of the Chinle Wash Watershed, Navajo Nation Arizona, Utah and New Mexico“. Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1994. http://etd.library.arizona.edu/etd/GetFileServlet?file=file:///data1/pdf/etd/azu_etd_hy0243_sip1_w.pdf&type=application/pdf.

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Clément-Picos, Eugénie. „Restaurer les sols, décoloniser les esprits. : une ethnographie des "protecteurs" environnementaux de la Nation navajo“. Electronic Thesis or Diss., Paris, EHESS, 2024. http://www.theses.fr/2024EHES0111.

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L’objet de cette thèse est l’activisme environnemental navajo. L’activisme environnemental est souvent perçu dans les sociétés occidentales comme une tendance politique naturelle des peuples autochtones. Cette thèse démontre que ces raisonnements sont infondés et que cet activisme environnemental en territoire navajo ne fait pas consensus au sein de la Nation. Il est en partie le fruit d’une histoire de résistance aux forces coloniales. Les activistes avec lesquels je travaille représentent la troisième génération de militants luttant depuis la fin des années 1960 pour leur souveraineté politique et un renouveau culturel. C’est dans cette généalogie qu’il faut inscrire les protecteurs environnementaux navajos. C’est un processus en constante élaboration, et à ce titre depuis 2016, je note une présence grandissante des théories anarchistes et communistes au sein des organisations navajos avec lesquelles j’ai travaillé. Ce qui était auparavant considéré comme « un truc de vieux mecs blancs », est à présent devenu légitime par une inscription dans les structures politiques précoloniales des Navajos. Je m’intéresse ici à la complexité de cet activisme et à ses spécificités et points communs avec d’autres mobilisations politiques. Cet activisme environnemental est le fruit de constantes interactions et échanges avec des activistes environnementaux radicaux, ainsi qu’avec des populations autochtones dans l’ensemble du pays. Pour cela, je me penche sur leurs itinéraires individuels, riches et variés. Les questions de l’authenticité, de l’appartenance au groupe et du danger de la promotion individuelle apparaissent constamment. L’activisme environnemental amène chez mes interlocuteurs le besoin de se nommer « protecteurs », afin de mettre à distance le militantisme et la violence. La question de la violence est ambiguë : elle est en partie associée à des valeurs jugées comme non-navajos qui pourraient les exclure de la vie politique de la réserve. Les tensions entre ce qui est attendu des protecteurs en interne et leur image à l’extérieur de la Nation sont immenses. Pour saisir au mieux cet objet de recherche, j’analyse les points saillants de cet activisme navajo via l’écologie politique, la justice environnementale et la souveraineté alimentaire. L’activisme environnemental navajo se targue de protéger l’ensemble du vivant par un changement des relations entre humains et avec les non-humains. Au cœur de cet activisme, se pose la question épineuse et problématique de la représentation des navajos, mais aussi des négociations aux niveaux locaux, nationaux et transnationaux. Les protecteurs navajos évoluent et se forment au sein des universités américaines. Ils sont aussi présents à l’ONU, au Forum permanent des peuples autochtones et dans des ONG
The subject of this dissertation is Navajo environmental activism. Environmental activism is often perceived in Western societies as a natural political tendency of indigenous peoples. This thesis demonstrates that such reasoning is unfounded, and that environmental activism in Navajo territory does not enjoy a consensus within the Nation. It is in part the fruit of a history of resistance to colonial forces. The activists I work with represent the third generation of militants who have been fighting for political sovereignty and cultural renewal since the late 1960s. The Navajo environmentalists are part of this genealogy. It's a process in constant development, and as such since 2016, I've noticed a growing presence of anarchist and communist theories within the Navajo organizations I've worked with. What was previously considered “an old white guy thing”, has now become legitimate through an inscription in Navajo pre-colonial political structures. I'm interested here in the complexity of this activism, and its specificities and commonalities with other political mobilizations. This environmental activism is the fruit of constant interactions and exchanges with radical environmental activists, as well as with indigenous populations throughout the country. To this end, I examine their rich and varied individual itineraries. Questions of authenticity, belonging to a group and the danger of self-promotion emerge constantly. Environmental activism leads my interlocutors to call themselves “protectors”, in order to distance themselves from militancy and violence. The question of violence is ambiguous: it is partly associated with values deemed non-Navajo, which could exclude them from the political life of the reserve. The tensions between what is expected of protectors internally and their image outside the Nation are immense. To gain a better understanding of this object of research, I analyze the salient points of this Navajo activism via political ecology, environmental justice and food sovereignty. Navajo environmental activism prides itself on protecting all living things by changing relationships between humans and non-humans. At the heart of this activism lies the thorny issue of Navajo representation and negotiation at local, national and transnational levels. Navajo protectors evolve and train in American universities. They are also present at the UN, the Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples and in NGOs

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Baum, Donald R. „Defining Well-Being from Inside The Navajo Nation: Education As Poverty Derivation and Poverty Reduction“. BYU ScholarsArchive, 2010. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2132.

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The stated purpose of this study was to facilitate Navajos through a process of determining for themselves what poverty is, what indicators determine well-being, and what factors contribute to the phenomenon of poverty on the Navajo Indian reservation. The study used a Q-Squared Participatory Poverty Assessment to gain a better understanding of how the Navajo culture and Navajo people themselves view and operationalize wealth and poverty. Semi-structured participatory interviews performed with 22 Navajo Indians, in the reservation communities of Chinle, Arizona, and San Juan, New Mexico, discussed and determined what it means to be poor in Navajo households and communities, and defined various levels of well- being on the reservation. The analysis provided themes which comprised four stages of poverty description: definitional, summative, experiential, and derivational. The main findings of the analysis and description process were that (1) wealth and poverty are defined by a combination of non- material assets and non-income material assets, rather than income, and that the most important of these are family and cultural values; (2) based on these established indicators of well-being, the Navajo do not see themselves as poor; (3) the difficulties experienced on the reservation include extrinsic factors in control of the state, while the benefits of reservation living are primarily intrinsic factors at individual levels; (4) there is a generational devaluation of Navajo values occurring on the reservation, where the Navajo consider themselves wealthy on account of their rich cultural heritage, but this decline in cultural values constitutes a "cultural recession" and an increase of own poverty on the reservation; and (5) this cultural devaluation and increase of poverty is caused by factors of instrumental and imperialistic education and globalization.

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Melhem, Sari. „Hózhó, A Rainbow Project for Healthy People“. Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/105088.

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This thesis thrives to promote community health and wellbeing through smart design, celebrating culture(s), and offering efficacious and real-world solutions to mitigate certain challenges arising from the imminent threat of climate change and the gradual depletion of our planet's natural resources. The projected building harnesses naturel forces, minimizes energy consumption, and uses natural/passive strategies like thermal mass and natural ventilation. Interior spaces enjoy an abundance of Natural lighting, biophilic attributes, and thera-serlized or uninterrupted views. It generates electrical energy due to adequate solar power and clear skies, especially in hot and arid climates like the proposed location of the project in Tuba City, AZ. In my proposal of a sustainable, community-focused, wellness center, this project will attempt to embrace diversity, celebrate the Navajos heritage through incorporating their belief system and culture into the genius Loci of the place, which will have a long-term healing effect on patients during their journey of recovery. The Navajo nation is a native American reservation and a self-governing community located in the southwest of the US between four states (UT, AZ, NM, CO). Since it's an Underserved, marginalized, and medically under-resourced community, the Navajo Nation was prone to COVID-19 onslaught in 2020, which resulted in substantial number of cases compared to other US states.
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In Dec 2020, the World witnessed the first case of Coronavirus disease or COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. The disease has since spread rapidly worldwide, leading to an ongoing pandemic. Like many countries across the globe, the health system in the United States of America has to grabble with this deadly virus by inducing measures such as mask mandates and lockdowns in many US states. Unfortunately, and due to economic and social disparities, COVID-19 pandemic has brought injustice and inequity to the forefront of public health. Some communities were hit hard due to lack of emergency response, the availability of health professionals, and healthcare infrastructure. Tuba city, which is the Diné or the Navajo nation second-largest community in Coconino County, AZ, was majorly hit with COVID-19 resulting in a significant number of cases compared to other US cities. This project is a critical component of an emergency preparedness matrix that can firstly; help absorb the shock of such outbreaks by providing primary and outpatient services. Secondly; it offers community-focused and wellness service that can empower underserved, under-resourced and valuable communities like the Navajo Nation. This project is unique due to its inherited and embedded characteristics of bringing the Navajo tradition into the spirit of the building, by celebrating their culture making it a key component in a patent's healing process.

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Necefer, Len Edward. „Development of a Decision Aid for Energy Resource Management for the Navajo Nation Incorporating Environmental Cultural Values“. Research Showcase @ CMU, 2016. http://repository.cmu.edu/dissertations/695.

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Decision-making surrounding pathways of future energy resource management are complexity and requires balancing tradeoffs of multiple environmental, social, economic, and technical outcomes. Technical decision aid can provide a framework for informed decision making, allowing individuals to better understand the tradeoff between resources, technology, energy services, and prices. While technical decision aid have made significant advances in evaluating these quantitative aspects of energy planning and performance, they have not been designed to incorporate human factors, such as preferences and behavior that are informed by cultural values. Incorporating cultural values into decision tools can provide not only an improved decision framework for the Navajo Nation, but also generate new insights on how these perspective can improve decision making on energy resources. Ensuring these aids are a cultural fit for each context has the potential to increase trust and promote understanding of the tradeoffs involved in energy resource management. In this dissertation I present the development of a technical tool that explicitly addresses cultural and spiritual values and experimentally assesses their influence on the preferences and decision making of Navajo citizens. Chapter 2 describes the results of a public elicitation effort to gather information about stakeholder views and concerns related to energy development in the Navajo Nation in order to develop a larger sample survey and a decision-support tool that links techno-economic energy models with sociocultural attributes. Chapter 3 details the methods of developing the energy decision aid and its underlying assumptions for alternative energy projects and their impacts. This tool also provides an alternative to economic valuation of cultural impacts based upon an ordinal index tied to environmental impacts. Chapter 4 details the the influence of various cultural, environmental, and economic outcome information provided through the developed decision aid on beliefs and preferences related to the type and scale of energy development, trust of decision makers, and larger concern for environmental protection. Finally, chapter 5 presents concluding thoughts future research and on how technical-social decision tools can provide a means ensuring effective decision making on the Navajo Nation and other American Indian communities.

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Nelson, Gregory Douglas. „Contesting Risk, Expertise, and Environmental Justice on the Fenceline: The Cases of the Navajo Nation, Radford Arsenal, and Camp Minden“. Diss., Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72948.

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This dissertation examines the contestations over the politics of knowledge, risk, and environmental justice in three fenceline sites. Mobilizing the fenceline standpoint to study risk strengthens our objective understanding of the social situatedness of risk. To illustrate how a fenceline standpoint contributes to stronger objectivity of risk contestations, I survey public discourse of coal slurry extraction in Black Mesa, Arizona using an environmental justice framework. Discursive justifications for the construction of the slurry pipeline reveal how environmental injustice in the fenceline community emerged through urban controversies over water and power generation that excluded a fenceline standpoint. Insights from Black Mesa frame the next two cases: open burning hazardous waste at Radford Army Ammunition Plant, and M6 Disposal at Camp Minden, Louisiana. At Radford, scholar-activist research examines the contestations of risk at one of the most hazardous waste facilities in the nation. I analyze the construction of risk from open burning of hazardous waste from a fenceline standpoint. I discursively situate the controversy over fenceline community risk from open burning, by showing the inadequacies of official risk assessments. Critical discourse analysis of risk shows the extant contestations over the practice of open burning. In juxtaposition to Radford, the Camp Minden open burn controversy demonstrates how a fenceline movement successfully constructed alternatives to open burning. Fenceline success in Minden is forcing scrutiny over the risks produced by the practice of open burning explosives across the United States. The activation of fenceline knowledge and expertise, through grassroots organizing, is propelling inquiry from scientific and technical experts of the American Chemical Society who are questioning why the Department of Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency have approved the use of open burning at other sites despite safer alternative technology. Synthetically, each case illustrates the importance of fenceline knowledge as a crucial site of expertise. I present an argument for how a fenceline standpoint can challenge regulatory and producer constructions of fenceline risk. The creation of a program of research: Critical Risk Analysis, offers a model for scholar-activist intervention on the fenceline. The Camp Minden Dialogue demonstrates a successful example of how fenceline expert-activists can influence the construction of risk. Normatively, I build the argument that environmental justice research within Science and Technology Studies ought to situate the fenceline standpoint as equal to the competing epistemological claims of production and regulatory experts in order to strengthen the objectivity of our research in contested fenceline sites.
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Ulibarri, Roy M. „Habitat Suitability Criteria for Zuni Bluehead Sucker Catostomus discobolus yarrowi and Navajo Nation Genetic Subunit Bluehead Sucker Catostomus discobolus and Comparing Efficiency of AFS Standard Snorkeling Techniques to eDNA Sampling Techniques“. Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/604876.

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I quantified habitat selection for the endangered Zuni Bluehead Sucker Catostomus discobolus yarrowi and the Navajo Nation Genetic Subunit (NNGS) Bluehead Sucker Catostomus discobolus - a recent taxon described from genetic information. Both taxa are found in northern Arizona and New Mexico border regions. I examined fish [≥50 millimeters (mm) total length (TL)] selection of microhabitat conditions (i.e., water velocity, substrate size, overhead cover, water depth, instream cover, and mesohabitat conditions [i.e., pool, run riffle], during summer base flow conditions for NNGS Bluehead Suckers, and during both summer base flow and high spring flow conditions for Zuni Bluehead Suckers in six streams). Electrofishing, seining, and snorkeling were used to evaluate fish occupancy. From this information, I developed stream specific habitat suitability criteria (HSC) and then generalized HSC for each taxon, and tested transferability of the generalized HSC to individual streams. Zuni Bluehead Suckers and NNGS Bluehead Suckers occupied similar habitats: low velocity pools; sand, silt, and pebble substrate; high percent of instream cover; and water temperatures ranging from 2-21°C. However, Zuni Bluehead Suckers selected for low (0-25%) overhead cover where as NNGS Bluehead Sucker selected for high (0-75%) overhead cover. This was likely due to the source of instream cover–aquatic macrophytes that required sunlight in the Zuni Bluehead Sucker streams, and large woody debris falling from overhead branches in the NNGS Bluehead Sucker streams. Suggestions for managers includes maintaining existing cover or artificially construct additional instream cover; promote overhead cover (e.g., maintaining large trees along streams) and pool mesohabitats. In addition to this work I also tested the new method of environmental DNA (eDNA) to further help conservation efforts for these taxa. Environmental DNA has typically been used to detect invasive species in aquatic environments through water samples. I compared the efficacy of eDNA methodology to American Fisheries Society standard snorkeling surveys to detect presence of a rare fish species. My study site included three streams on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona and northern New Mexico containing Navajo Nation Genetic Subunit Bluehead Sucker Catostomus discobolus and the Zuni Bluehead Sucker Catostomus discobolus yarrowi. To determine sample sites, I first divided entire wetted area of streams into 100-m consecutive reaches. I systematically selected 10 of those reaches for snorkel and eDNA surveys. Water samples were taken in 10-m sections within each 100-m reach, and fish presence via snorkeling was noted in each 10-m section as well. Water samples were collected at the downstream starting point of each reach, and continued upstream in each section 5 to 8 m ahead of the snorkeler. A qPCR was run on each individual water sample in quadruplicate to test for sucker presence or absence. I was able to positively detect both species with eDNA sampling techniques in two out of three streams. Snorkeling resulted in positive detections of both species in all three streams. In streams where fish were detected with eDNA sampling, snorkeling detected fishes at 11-29 sites per stream, where as eDNA detected fish at 3-12 sites per streams. My results suggested that AFS standard snorkeling was more effective at detecting target fish species than eDNA. To improve eDNA sampling, the amount of water collected and tested should be increased. Additionally, filtering water on site may improve eDNA techniques for detecting fish. Future research should focus on standardizing eDNA sampling to provide a widely operational sampling tool similar to electrofishing, netting, and hydroacoustics.

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Goll, J. June Wilson. „Contemporary navajo weaving : a native craft industry in transition /“. The Ohio State University, 1986. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487322984313733.

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Donahue, Emily G. „Understanding Suicide in the Navajo Population“. Ashland University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=auashbrook1493839625853056.

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Dunstan, Adam Darron. „Toxic Desecration| Science and the Sacred in Navajo Environmentalism“. Thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10127784.

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Within the space of a battle to halt ski resort expansion and snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks, a mountain in northern Arizona, a coalition has emerged of indigenous activists (primarily Diné), Euroamerican environmentalists, and anarchists. The resulting collaboration, Mountain Defense, goes beyond usual models of environmentalist-indigenous alliances as temporary and incommensurate. This dissertation explores the development of the Mountain Defense movement over time, the motivations of activists from divergent backgrounds in opposing snowmaking, the social interactions and negotiations of identity within this group, and the public discourse by which they construct a message about this space and threats to it. Ethnographic fieldwork was undertaken from 2009 to 2015; key methods of data collection included participant observation, interviews, archival research, and collection of spoken, print, and online communication. This data was analyzed for emergent themes as well as the ways in which meaning was produced between parties. Situating Mountain Defense within scholarship on place-making, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), and social constructionism, this dissertation explicates how the movement has articulated a hybrid knowledge, including layered conceptualizations of sacred land and syntheses of sacred and scientific idioms in expressing the dangers of snowmaking technology. This research also speaks to the complex dimensions and continuing salience of Diné relationships with the San Francisco Peaks and the ways in which snowmaking and expansion threaten these.

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Daggett, Liz Levin C. Melinda. „Theoretical and practical record of the making of the documentary film, A Native American dream“. [Denton, Tex.] : University of North Texas, 2008. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-9110.

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Tafoya, Matthew Kirk. „Traditional Navajo Culture is a Protective Factor“. Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/555854.

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"Traditional Navajo Culture is a Protective Factor" is intended for those who have a stake in Indigenous spiritual, mental, physical, and emotional health. Native Americans, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians are Indigenous minorities in the USA that tend to consistently top the charts in deficient measures like depression, diabetes, heart disease, obesity, domestic violence, substance use/abuse, and suicide. The West does not offer any explanation as to the cause but is trying to fight these diseases and disorders by allocating federal funds for tribes, urban Indians, and Native groups to devise ways to minimize negative health effects by employing prevention practices that respect and are informed by the local Native cultures. This thesis examines these public health issues from a modern Indigenous perspective that use Navajo specific examples that combine both Western and Indigenous philosophies and paradigms to propose a solution that is strength-based, culturally-informed, and locally-driven.

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Shebala, Rudy R. „Horses and Grazing on the Navajo Indian Reservation“. Thesis, University of Idaho, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10788329.

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Frequent droughts are common and extreme precipitation is a normal weather pattern for the Navajo country and has been for almost 6000 years. The Navajo do not abandon the often that drought stricken areas demonstrating their ability adapt to extreme weather conditions. For almost 300 years, the Navajo, while in a state of constant warfare with many different surrounding peoples, continued to develop and grow as a tribe, while living off of livestock, farming and hunting. Currently open for public review and comment is a new proposed Navajo Rangeland Improvement Act of 2014. It is the people, the tribal citizen’s needs that need administration.

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Lehmkuhl, Iva Lee. „Authenticity in portrayals of Navajo culture at two heritage sites“. Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1537215.

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The degree of accuracy in portrayals of Navajo culture at Salmon Ruins Heritage Park and Rock Art Ranch was assessed by comparing the Navajo structures assembled at each site to archaeological, ethnographic and historical data for traditional Navajo construction practices. Comparison and analysis revealed different degrees of accuracy in the portrayal of features with cultural and functional importance. Authentic practices were presented in a historical framework to permit the temporal characterization of each site. The aggregate of the temporal data from features at both sites was consistent with Navajo sites of the early twentieth century. The results of this study suggest a bias in contemporary portrayals of Navajo culture favoring the most extensively documented, and the more recent, aspects of Navajo culture.

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Weber, Robert W. „Hogans on the home front| The making of Navajo self-determination from 1917-1945“. Thesis, University of Nebraska at Kearney, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10248470.

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During the early twentieth century, Navajo lands were extensive and isolated. Traditional Navajo leadership was much more local, and it varied from clan to clan. The discovery of natural resources on Navajo lands in the 1920s led to the creation of the Navajo Tribal Council to negotiate leases with the federal government. Through the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), the federal government dominated the council. However, the reforms of the Indian New Deal and the urgency of World War II brought immense changes as many non-Navajo leaders left the BIA for important wartime positions within the federal government, and the Navajo Tribal Council became more independent. During this period the relationship between the council and federal government changed as the council was given greater autonomy in governing the tribe. This thesis examines the history of the council leading up to and during World War II. By comparing the home front of World War I to the home front of World War II, it argues that the council achieved greater self-determination during this period, something often downplayed by historians, and created a unique system of government distinctive only to Navajos. The leadership of the council in providing for the common defense, defining and protecting property rights, and assisting with the federal government in the creation of human service programs established solid reasons for continued autonomy after World War II.

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Kroll, Suzanne L. „A STUDY OFEDWARD S. CURTIS’S THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN:A NAVAJO TEXTILE PERSPECTIVE“. University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1542634142092731.

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Daggett, Liz. „Theoretical and Practical Record of the Making of the Documentary Film, A Native American Dream“. Thesis, University of North Texas, 2008. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc9110/.

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This textual record of the making of the social issue documentary film A Native American Dream examines theoretical and practical considerations of the filmmaker during the pre-production, production, and post-production stages. It also examines the disciplines of anthropology and ethnography in terms of modern documentary filmmaking and evaluates the film within these contexts.

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Stoffle, Richard W. „Fajada Butte, Chaco Culture National Park: A Multi-tribal Affiliation Place“. University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/301443.

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Pandolfe, Frank Craig. „South American naval development 1965-1985 : a four nation study /“. Thesis, Connect to Dissertations & Theses @ Tufts University, 1987.

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Thesis (Ph.D) -- Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, 1987.
Typescript. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 538-564. Access restricted to members of the Tufts University community. Also available via the World Wide Web;

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Parkhouse, Owen J. W. „Naval diplomacy and the United Nations, naval peacekeeping in a new world order“. Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ24889.pdf.

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Tachine, Amanda R. „Monsters and Weapons: Navajo Students' Stories on Their Journeys Toward College“. Diss., The University of Arizona, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/556873.

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The purpose of this story rug is to acquire a deeper understanding of 10 Navajo students' experiences as they journey toward college. Utilizing Indigenous theoretical frameworks including Tribal Critical Race Theory, Cultural Resilience, and Cultural Threads, this story rug centered attention on the systematic, structural forces and students' sources of strength that have shaped and continue to influence educational pathways for Navajo students. This story rug was guided by a qualitative mixed-method approach including Indigenous Storywork and narrative analysis. Through the assertion of the Navajo traditional oral story of the Twin Warriors, this story rug weaves in 10 Navajo students' experiences including the sociocultural and personal barriers, referred to as "monsters," that hindered their life and their college enrollment goals, how they internalized those "monsters," and then what were the sources of strength, referred to as "weapons," that guided them in life and toward college. The findings revealed systematic and personal monsters that intertwined within community, school, family, and self. The Financial Hardship Monster illustrated the struggles of poverty and its influence on students' educational aspirations. The Addiction Monster revealed how alcohol and drugs within community and family shaped students' pre-college journey. The Educational Deficit Monster uncovered Reservation schooling challenges that limited students' academic ability and college access. The final and more intimate monster, The Personal Struggles Monster, shed light on private and often unspoken challenges that students faced during a crucial time in the college-choice process. To overcome the monsters, students activated powerful weapons. The first set of weapons, Trusting Relationships and Vulnerability, entailed students' awareness of lessons learned during vulnerable moments and stories shared with mothers, grandmothers, and teachers. The Courage to Challenge Self weapons demonstrated that participation in college readiness opportunities and applying to high-stakes scholarships affirmed confidence that they were college material. The Transforming Obstacles to Positives weapons uncovered students' abilities to transform negative conditions into positive intentions, which motivated them to continue their journeys toward college. The final weapons, Faith in Spiritual Teachings, were spiritual and traditional teachings that reminded students that they were not alone and that they were unstoppable in proceeding toward college. This study underscored how context matters and penetrated in students' lives including systematic poverty, structural forces that fueled addiction, and systematic educational deficit and meritocracy ideologies. These stories have the power to transform discourses of deficiency to those of strength and honor for future Native student warriors and their educational attainment.

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Howe, Laura Paulsen. „Navajo Baskets and the American Indian Voice: Searching for the Contemporary Native American in the Trading Post, the Natural History Museum, and the Fine Art Museum“. Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2015.pdf.

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Kramer, Brett Andrew. „Livestock demographics, management practices, and attitudinal orientations of native livestock producers on the Navajo Reservation“. Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278708.

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Livestock production characteristics on the Navajo Reservation were studied to quantify and characterize herd demographics, feeding practices, management practices, marketing practices, and attitudinal orientations of producers. A stratified random (by grazing Agency) sample of the population (n = 10,000) yielded 125 possible respondents from each Agency. Face to face interviews were conducted by Navajo district grazing committeemen in the fall of 1997 for a total of 257 completed surveys. Navajo livestock producers were subsistence-level producers, who battled low birthing rates, slightly elevated mortality rates, diminished resource capacity, and challenges to economical feeding regimes. Most Navajos believed that livestock were an important part of their family's financial well-being; the Reservation was overgrazed; and that Navajos should be allowed to fence their land over their neighbors' objections. Navajo livestock production can be improved through education and greater articulation of the resource base. More detailed data collection is warranted to provide greater insight into production characteristics.

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Stoffle, Richard W., Michael Evans und Florence Jensen. „Native American Concerns and State of California Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility: Mohave, Navajo, Chemehuevi, and Nevada Paiute Responses“. Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/271233.

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This report describes the results of an ethnographic study performed by Cultural Systems Research, Incorporated (CSRI) for US Ecology, Inc. The study was part of US Ecology's efforts to select a site for the disposal of Low Level Radioactive Waste (LLRW) for the State of California. Dr. Stoffle and his research team were responsible for conducting the Mohave, Navajo, and Southern Paiute portions of the study. This draft report includes information that was not included in the final report such as hand drawn maps produced during interviews with tribal representatives. This project marked the first time that Richard Stoffle and his team used mapping as a means to document places and areas of cultural significance.

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Nelson, DeAnn Lynn, und DeAnn Lynn Nelson. „Promoting the Use of Statin Therapy in Navajo Patients with Type 2 Diabetes“. Diss., The University of Arizona, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/625670.

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Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a major health concern among Navajo Indians. Native Americans and Alaskan Natives (NA/AN) currently have the highest rates of T2DM in the United States (Indian Health Service, 2016). The rate of diabetes on the Navajo Indian reservation is 22% (Partnersinhealth.org, 2009). Major health concerns for patients with T2DM include cardiovascular complications. Treatment is essential to prevent high-risk complications such as, cardiovascular disease (CVD). Purpose: The purpose of this quality improvement project was to implement a clinical decision support tool (CDST) to increase primary care provider awareness of current American Diabetes Association (ADA) statin therapy guidelines. The first objective was to increase the prescription rates of statin medications by 10%. The second objective of this project was to increase the performance target rate by 10%. Setting: This project was implemented at the Gallup Indian Medical Center (GIMC) Family Medicine Clinic. GIMC is located in Gallup, New Mexico. Participants: Participants included primary care providers, six Medical Doctors, two Nurse Practitioners, and one Physician Assistant. Methods: An evidence based clinical support decision tool (CDST) was generated the ADA statin therapy guidelines. Participants were educated on these practice guidelines and the CDST. The CDST was implemented into the electronic health record (EHR) over a four-week period. The provider used the CDST as a point-of-care guide when prescribing statin therapy to those with T2DM. Results: There was a 0.5% increase in the GPRA performance rating at GIMC as well as a 10% increase in prescribed statin therapy medications. There were 253 newly prescribed statin medications during data collection. Conclusion: While this project did not result in significant improvement of statin therapy GPRA performance ratings, a new EHR tool that providers can use to improve patient care was implemented. One outcome was met, there was a 10% increase in statin medication prescriptions. Further studies and future PDSA cycles will be required for testing the effectiveness of CDSTs.

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Golightly, Thomas R. „Defining the Components of Academic Self-Efficacy in Navajo American Indian High School Students“. BYU ScholarsArchive, 2006. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/817.

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The academic difficulties experienced by a majority of Navajo American Indian students are well documented. Past research has focused on a variety of internal and external factors which possibly explain some of these difficulties. Low levels of academic self-efficacy (ASE) has been identified as one of the factors possibly contributing to lower than expected rates of academic achievement and low post-secondary education retention rates in this population. This investigation sought to further define the component structures of ASE using theoretical structures postulated by Bandura (1977a, 1997), namely: past success, modeling, verbal persuasion, and emotional arousal. Information about grade point averages (GPA) and standardized achievement tests (IOWA Tests of Educational Development) were obtained for a sample of American Indian Students (N = 118) as a measure of past success. Three self-report measures were administered to the participants in the sample: The Career-Related Parental Support Scale-Verbal Encouragement scale (CRPSS-VE); and two measures created specifically for this study, The People I Know (to assess levels of exposure to appropriate academic models) and My feelings about School (to assess levels of emotional arousal centered on school). An additional pair of self-report measures was administered to this sample, the Self-in-School (SIS) and Academic Hardiness Scale (AHS), which sought to assess overall levels of ASE in each of the participants. Reliability and factor analyses were conducted to psychometrically examine the measures created for this study. Both were found to be highly reliable measures which load primarily onto one factor. Regression analyses were created to determine if the measures of the four components would predict totals on the two measures of overall ASE (the SIS and AHS). Results indicated that GPA, IOWA percentile rank scores, the CRPSS-VE and My Feelings about School were significant predictors of SIS totals in the regression models. Only The People I Know and My Feelings about School were significant predictors of AHS totals in the regression analyses. There was some evidence suggesting that the four components of ASE predicted overall reported levels of ASE. Implications of this study as well as possible future studies are outlined.

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Wiseley, Mark Christopher. „Non-verbal intelligence and Native-American Navajo children: A comparison between the CTONI and the WISC-III“. Diss., The University of Arizona, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/280609.

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This study investigated the validity of the Comprehensive Test of Nonverbal Intelligence (CTONI) as a measure of intelligence for use with Native-American learning disabled students. Forty boys and ten girls between the ages of 7 and 16 and who are Native-American Navajo students with a learning disability in reading and/or mathematics participated in this study. Each participant was administered the CTONI, the WISC-III, and the WIAT. The results from this study indicated that the CTONI exhibited less variability among its composite IQ scores than the WISC-III. The CTONI and the WISC-III Full-scale IQ, Verbal IQ and Performance IQ correlate moderately. The CTONI and WISC-III are significantly predictive of reading achievement but account for less than 11% of the common variance. Yet, the CTONI and the WISC-III are moderately correlated with mathematics achievement. Factor Analytic Results suggest that the factorial structures of the CTONI and the WISC-III for this sample of Native-American students are consistent with the factorial structures proposed by the respective test authors. The CTONI appears to be a valid measure of intelligence for use with Native American populations. The implications of the findings of the CTONI with Native-American populations are discussed.

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Stoffle, Richard W., Michael Evans, M. Nieves Zedeño, Brent W. Stoffle und Cindy Kesel. „American Indians and Fajada Butte: Ethnographic Overview and Assessment for Fajada Butte and Traditional (Ethnobotanical) Use Study for Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico“. Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/272152.

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This ethnographic overview documents the contemporary values of American Indians regarding Fajada Butte. The study defines which Indian tribes have traditional or historic cultural ties to Fajada Butte and Chaco Culture National Historical Park (NHP). The study was funded by the National Park Service on September 15, 1992, and was managed by the New Mexico State Historic Preservation Office. The ethnographic overview is focussed on two broad issues: (1) Fajada Butte and its significance to American Indian people and (2) the traditional use of plants and their cultural significance to American Indian people. An additional goal of this study is to contribute information about to the process of general tribal -park consultation including Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. This study documented that 11 tribes and pueblos have cultural relationships with Fajada Butte and Chaco Culture NHP. American Indians feel a contemporary identification with the Fajada Butte and Chaco Culture NHP. There are three main ways for expressing this identification (1) direct descent ties, (2) tribal ties, and (3) ethnic ties. No tribal or pueblo representatives expressed knowledge of living families who are direct descendants from the people of Chaco; however, many of them stated that Chaco people were their direct ancestors. All tribes and pueblo representatives who participated in the on -site visit claimed tribal or pueblo ties to the people of Chaco. The research also was concerned with the plant life of the area both on and around Fajada Butte. This study documented the American Indian traditional use placess around Fajada Butte and elsewhere in Chaco Canyon. All Indian representatives expressed the desire that the park continues to protect these plants from disturbance and emphasized the need to have a park-wide ethnobotanical study.

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Denetsosie, Stacie S. „Redefining Ceremony and the Sacred: Short Stories From the Dinétah“. DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7622.

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This is a creative thesis comprised of three short stories centered on the experiences of three Navajo protagonists living on the Navajo reservation. The short stories fit within the field of Native American Literature and highlight issues of mortality, sexuality, and ceremony. The stories illustrate the experiences of modern-day Navajo youth grappling to understand how to connect traditional knowledge with modernity. The three stories featured within this thesis are offered as a way to understand these challenges. Each protagonist is faced with an issue of morality, sexuality, or ceremony, and each reach differing conclusions about these topics within their lives. This collection is comprised of three short stories entitled “Dormant,” “Under the Porch Way,” and “The Missing Morningstar.” The first story, “Dormant,” is about a young female Navajo protagonist and her budding relationship with her math teacher. She has a pregnancy scare and considers the meaning of motherhood and her sexuality. The second story, “Under the Porch Way,” is about an adolescent Navajo boy who is being haunted by his father’s ghost, and has a traditional ceremony done, but it fails to work. Instead, after attempting to have sex with his girlfriend, Jenni, under the porch, he finds that his father’s ghost has left him. The final story “The Missing Morningstar,” is about a young two-spirit woman whose romantic interest is kidnapped and left for dead in a ditch. The protagonist considers her sexuality and traditional Navajo identity.

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Haynes, Annette M. „Indian naval development power projection in the Indian Ocean? /“. Thesis, Monterey, California : Naval Postgraduate School, 1990. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA242460.

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Thesis (M.S. in National Security Affairs)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 1990.
Thesis Advisor(s): Winterford, David. Second Reader: Wood, Glynn. "December 1990." Description based on title screen as viewed on March 31, 2010. DTIC Identifier(s): India, Naval Plalnning, Military Forces (United States), Military Force (Foreign), Foreign Policy, Pakistan, China, Indian Ocean, Power Projection, Theses. Author(s) subject terms: India, Pakistan, China, United States, Soviet Union, Foreign Policy, Military, Indian Naval Development, Power Projection. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print.

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Adams, Curtis. „THE UNION'S LANGUAGE: DURING THE US SUBJUGATION OF THE NAVAJOS 1863-1868“. Master's thesis, Temple University Libraries, 2016. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/367462.

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ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to focus on the effects of Anglo-American and US language on the Navajos. During that time the language was bias and exclusionary. The Civil War 1861-1865, over time caused a change in the language used during the US subjugation of the Navajo 1863-1868. Data was selected from; The American Antiquarian Society and Historical Newspapers [Series I, 1718-1876]. Searched all of Americas Historical Newspapers dated 1863-1868, for Navajo and received 200 results. Other documents such as letters, reports and visually evidence were used. My research revealed a variety of language and how this language was conveyed minimized the Navajos humanity and sovereignty that also provoked and inspired harsh, unsympathetic and racist treatment of the Navajo. Anglo-Americans changed over time through altruism, the military and legislation. This paper has an introduction, three sections and a conclusion. The first section explains why the language during the Civil War was harsh, unsympathetic and racist to the Navajo. The next section explains why after the Civil War, the language begins to change altruistically, legislatively and militarily, but still remained harsh, unsympathetic and racist to the Navajo. The last section, explains why several years after the Civil War the language shifts through the Sherman Treaty, Congressional legislation, and Military Orders. Anglo-American racialization was shown by comparing and contrasting language from the overlap between the Civil war and the US subjugation of the Navajo. Research revealed the dissemination of racist and exclusionary language. But not until humanitarian efforts were made on behalf of the Navajo by whites, would the language begin to change overtime. The Navajo were excluded from the language by biases, racism, and exclusionary practices. The paper shows an array of concern for the Navajos. My research will be expanded on this subject, also this methodological approach will be employed over time on an array of historical topics and time periods.
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Broughton, Hubert Lee. „Combating terrorism: a guide for U.S. Naval forces afloat“. Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1985. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA164863.

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Wytsalucy, Reagan C. „Explorations and Collaborations on Two Under-Recognized Native American Food Crops: Southwest Peach (Prunus Persica) and Navajo Spinach (Cleome Serrulata)“. DigitalCommons@USU, 2019. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/7612.

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Agricultural production among the Native American populations of the Southwest declined significantly during the twentieth century. Corn, beans and squash, the three most recognized traditional food crops, remains widespread, but knowledge regarding the traditional management of these crops was lost. The loss of traditional knowledge for Southwest Indigenous Nations was more pronounced for the Southwest peach (Prunus persica) and Navajo spinach (Cleome serrulata Pursh). The Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni Nations are all seeking to increase the availability of traditional crops for their original uses, such as for food and wool dye. In order to revitalize traditional agriculture for these tribes, information regarding these crops was gathered, including: variety characterization, the horticultural basis for traditional management practices, and cultural uses and significance. Southwest peach orchards were located for seed and plant material collections to characterize their genotype and relate them to modern peach cultivars. Traditional farmers were interviewed on management practices and irrigation strategies to correlate to dendrochronology (tree-ring analysis) techniques. Dendrochronology samples included tree stumps or cores to evaluate ring growth variability, age, and life span of the orchard trees. Navajo spinach seed was collected from Chinle, Arizona for germination studies on overcoming seed dormancy. Information on both Southwest peach and Navajo spinach will be useful to encourage culturally important traditional crop management.

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Holden, Greg, Steve Marty, Jared Thigpen, Dennis Turcotte und Tol Dean Van. „Supply Chain Management at the National Naval Medical Center Pharmacy“. Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/7061.

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Supply Chain Management at the National Naval Medical Center Pharmacy The National Naval Medical Center (NNMC) in Bethesda, Maryland is the U.S. Navy’s flagship of medical centers and is the Navy’s third-largest medical center.1 NNMC provides medical services to approximately 46,000 patients annually,2 and its pharmacy has an annual budget of $46M for drugs dispensed to NNMC patients.3 This consulting project, completed with the support of the NNMC Pharmacy Department Head and facilitated through the Naval Postgraduate School Executive MBA Program, applied operations management and supply chain management principles to the processes used by the NNMC pharmacy to find potential efficiency improvements. Specifically, the consultant team evaluated drug purchasing data from the Defense Medical Logistics Supply System (DMLSS) and dispensing data from the Composite Healthcare System (CHCS) for specific high-cost and high-volume drugs to identify optimal inventory levels and order points. The NNMC Pharmacy Staff selected the following six drugs for analysis: _ Arimedex (anastrozole) – a breast cancer prevention drug. _ Intelence (extravirine) – an HIV treatment drug. _ Procrit (epoetin alfa) – an anemia treatment drug. _ Seroquel (quetiapine) – depressive disorder (bipolar & schizophrenia) treatment drug. _ Topamax (topiramate) – an anti-seizure/epilepsy medication. _ Vfend (voriconazole) – fungus and yeast infection treatment drug. 1 NNMC Public Affairs Document “National Naval Medical Center at a Glance,” www.bethesda.med.navy.mil 2 Ibid. 3 Personal Interview with LT Bradley Gotto, 29 July 2010 After analyzing historical ordering and dispensing data for these drugs and touring the NNMC drug storage facilities, the consultant team’s primary recommendation is that NNMC pharmacy should adjust re-order points, re-order quantities, and safety stock for the subject drugs to reduce high levels of inventory and unnecessary safety stock. Since the NNMC pharmacy can obtain drugs at low cost with minimal (1 day) lead time, NNMC can reduce the average inventory of these drugs and shift the burden of inventory management to the drug suppliers. This has potential to simplify the restocking process at the NNMC pharmacy and reduce the manpower required to fill new orders. Other secondary recommendations to improve the NNMC Pharmacy operations include: _ Perform a full inventory of drugs held at the NNMC Pharmacy to develop a full accounting of all drugs on hand. _ Expand analysis to determine required safety stock for other drugs. _ Promote adoption of a consolidated system to replace DMLSS and CHCS to coordinate ordering and dispensing operations.

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