| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 219 pages) |
| Contents |
Foreword: Is There a Navajo Good Governance? / by Hataałii Avery Denny -- Introduction: Dził Łeezh-Enter, Exit, and Return Home -- Sisnaajiní (Mount Blanca): Philosophy of Diné Thinking -- Tsoodził (Mount Taylor): Interrupted Planning in the History of Diné Governance -- Dook'o'oosłiid (San Francisco Peaks): Living Concepts of Diné Governance -- Tearing Down 'Iiná Hooghan: Concepts of Modern Navajo Nation Governance -- Dibé Nitsaa (Mount Hesperus): Regenerating Concepts of Diné Governance -- Dziłná'oodiłii (Doorway Mountain) and Ch'óol'í'í (Chimney Mountain): Self-Generating Traditional Diné Institutions in the Face of Colonial Interaction -- Atsa (Eagle) and Ma'ii Tso (Wolf): Search from Above, Search from the Earth -- Afterword: Principles of Dine Leadership / by Robert Yazzie |
| Summary |
Guided by the Mountains looks at the tensions between Indigenous political philosophy and the challenges faced by Indigenous nations in building political institutions that address contemporary problems and enact "good governance." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Navajo Indians -- Politics and government
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Navajo philosophy.
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HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
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Navajo Indians -- Politics and government.
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Navajo philosophy.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2016042536 |
| ISBN |
9780190639860 |
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0190639865 |
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9780190639877 |
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0190639873 |
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9780190639884 |
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0190639881 |
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