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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Youngdahl, Jay.
Working on the railroad, walking in beauty : Navajos, Hózhǫ́, and track work / Jay Youngdahl.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 978-0-87421-853-4 (cloth) — ISBN 978-0-87421-858-9 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-0-87421-854-1 (e-book)
1. Navajo Indians—Employment. 2. Navajo Indians—Social conditions. 3. Navajo Indians—Religion. 4. Railroad construction workers—Southwest, New—History. 5. Railroads—Southwest, New—Employees—History. 6. Southwest, New—Race relations. 7. Southwest, New—Politics and government. I. Title.
E99.N3Y74 2011
979.1004’9726—dc23
2011034427