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In the 1920s and 1930s, Elizabeth Compton Hegemann traveled and worked as an Indian trader in remote areas of Arizona. She entertained numerous celebrities in spite of the necessity of bringing supplies from Flagstaff, a drive of several hours over mostly nonexistent dirt roads. She collected rare southwestern books, learned the Navaho language, how to spin and weave, and the intricacies of trade in wool, blankets, and pinon nuts. Her record of these years, especially the 318 photographs presented in this volume, provides a firsthand glimpse of Navaho and Hopi life in the years between World Wars I and II.

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." . . The entire work is a fine relation of the Navajos' life in the period between the two world wars."

." . . exceptional Navajo and Hopi coverage."

""Navaho Trading Days" is an excellent testimonial detailing cultural and social changes in one part of the Southwest."

""Navaho Trading Days" is an inherently fascinating discussion and a very welcome contribution to Native American Studies shelves."

"The best firsthand account anyone has written of life as an Indian trader. It is illustrated with hundreds of Hegemann's snapshots, which capture the Navajo reservation over a 15-year-period."
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Elizabeth Compton Hegemann was a long-time resident of the American Southwest prior to her death in 1962.

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  • PublisherUniv of New Mexico Pr
  • Publication date1987
  • ISBN 10 0826309720
  • ISBN 13 9780826309723
  • BindingHardcover
  • Number of pages318
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