Journey Of Navajo Oshley: An Autobiography and Life History
by Robert Mcpherson
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Ak'e Ny dzin, or Navajo Oshley, was born sometime between 1879 and 1893. His oral memoir is set on the northern frontier of Navajo land, principally the San Juan River basin in southeastern Utah, and tells the story of his early life near Dennehetso and his travels, before there were roads or many towns, from Monument Valley north along Comb Ridge to Blue Mountain. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Anglos and Navajos expanded their use and settlement of lands north of the San show more Juan. Grazing lands and the Anglo wage economy drew many Navajos across the river. Oshley, a sheep show lessTags
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Robert S. McPherson is Professor of History at Utah State University-Eastern, Blanding Campus. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books on Naiajo ethnohistory and the history of the Southwest, Including Under the Eagle: Samuel Holiday, Navajo Code Talker (with Samuel Holiday) and Viewing the Ancestors: Perceptions of the Anaasz, Makwic, and show more Hisatsinom. show less
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