Diné Perspectives : Revitalizing and Reclaiming Navajo Thought.

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- American Indian Scholars -- Part I Frameworks ofUnderstanding -- Beneath Our Sacred Minds, Hands, and Hearts: One Dissertation Journey -- Understanding Hózhó˛ toAchieve Critical Consciousness: A Contemporary Diné Interpretation of the Philosophical Principles of Hózhó -- Morning Offerings, Like Salt -- 7pm thought, memory @ Dziłnaodiłthle-EasternView -- Part II Analyses of Methodologies -- Diné Culture, Decolonization,and the Politics of Hózhó -- The Value of Oral History on the Path to Diné/Navajo Sovereignty -- Narrating Ordinary Power: Hózhó˛ó˛jí, Violence, and Critical Diné Studies -- The Boy Who Threw the World Away -- Part III Political Challenges -- Historic and Demographic Changes That Impact the Future of the Diné and the Development of Community-Based Policy -- The Origin of Legibility: Rethinking Colonialism and Resistance among the Navajo People, 1868-1937 -- Dinétah -- Part IV Paths for the Future -- Sustaining a Diné Way of Life -- "If I Could Speak Navajo, I'd Definitely Speak It 24/7": Diné Youth Language Consciousness, Activism, and Reclamation of Diné Identity -- The Navajo Nation and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples -- Atmosphere -- Contributors -- Index.

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