Navaho Trading Days

Elizabeth Compton Hegemann

University of New Mexico Press

1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

0826309402 $24.95 1-800-249-7737

Enhanced with the inclusion of 318 rare period photographs, Navaho Trading Days by Elizabeth Compton Hegemann (1897-1962) presents the firsthand testimony of a woman who lived and worked as an Indian trader in Arizona during the 1920s and 1930s. Hegemann learned the Navaho language, how to spin and weave, the and the subtle nuances of trading in wool, blankets, and pinon nuts. A remarkable and telling look at Navaho and Hopi life in the era between the two world wars, Navaho Trading Days is an inherently fascinating discussion and a very welcome contribution to Native American studies shelves.

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