Download or read book Navajo Agro pastoralism written by Geoffory D. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today, as in the past, Navajo stockgrowers must deal with government policies and programs that are ineffective and restrictive. By examining the purpose for and the results of Navajo grazing and land management policy, I hoped to: (1) identify the production objectives of two groups of Navajo stockgrowers; (2) identify the effects of government policy and bureaucracy on those stockgrowers; (3) recommend changes in existing government policy and bureaucracy so that it would more accurately reflect those objectives; and (4) develop recommendations to aid Navajo livestock producers in achieving their production objectives within the confines of existing policy and bureaucracy. Information was gathered from two groups of Navajo stockgrowers. These groups included Dine Be lina, a Navajo stockgrower cooperative and four Navajo families that are part of a United States Department of Agriculture Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education demonstration project. Information was gathered from surveys, meeting notes, interviews, and a review of available literature. Information gathered from these sources included statements of each groups' livestock production objectives and any obstacles they perceived as limiting the achievement of those objectives. The primary objective identified for raising livestock was to maintain Navajo culture and values. The second most important reason was to produce food and fiber that could be used directly or sold. The obstacles identified as most limiting the achievement of each group's objectives included the lack of land ownership, ineffective District Grazing Committees, and lack of enforcement of tribal grazing regulations. Suggestions for improving grazing policy and programs include: (1) giving Navajos land tenure; (2) revising the District Grazing Committee organization; (3) enforcing grazing regulations; (4) simplifying the process of obtaining a business permit on the Navajo Nation; and (5) encouraging the formation of agricultural cooperatives. Recommendations for individual stockgrowers included: (1) determine overall production objectives; (2) determine specific production objectives; (3) rank each objective according to its relative importance and difficulty of achievement; (4) implement basic, modern livestock management techniques including breeding and record keeping; and (5) work with extension or trained specialists to develop and implement a basic rangeland management and monitoring program.
Download or read book If You Take My Sheep written by Lynn Robison Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Changing Navajo Pastoralism an Analysis and Classification written by Timothy Wilhelm and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Navajo Cultural Factors Related to Agricultural Education on the Navajo Nation in Arizona written by James Thomas Gilroy and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Up to this Line of Bluffs written by Jeffrey Lynn Boyer and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agricultural related Issues on the Navajo Nation written by Johnson Bia and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Navajo Agriculture and Irrigation written by Navajo Service (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Agricultural and Hunting Methods of Navajo Indians written by Willard Williams Hill and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Navajo Harvest Hands written by Victor Chikezie Uchendu and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The ramah new mexico navajo indians history agriculture and water use 1868 1955 written by Jeff Hickey and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Development of Capitalism in the Navajo Nation written by Lawrence David Weiss and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pastoralists at the Periphery written by Claudia Chang and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 1994-05-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Baluch tribesman follows his goats as they search for a bit of vegetation; a Turkana youth guards his father's cattle against theft by raiders.... These pastoral inhabitants of mountain and desert waste are considered to be among the most geographically, economically, and politically peripheral of peoples, yet they are not entirely isolated from broader sociopolitical and economic forces. The lives of modern pastoralists are greatly affected by the policies of nations and the demands of world markets. They may face military control, forced settlement, stock reduction programs, or even efforts at "development" by governments claiming sovereignty over the lands they roam. The authors of this collection of essays examine the impact of capitalism on nineteenth- and early twentieth century pastoralists and discuss the historical transformations that have occurred in the lives and societies of herding peoples around the world. They argue that pastoralists were not simply passive recipients of change imposed by capitalist polities and that historical and economic factors impinging on their societies were as important as ecological ones. Collectively, these papers demonstrate that twentieth-century pastoralists and their nineteenth-century predecessors should not be seen as immutably locked in a pastoral "mode of production" but rather as actively negotiating encounters between themselves and the expanding power of capitalist states.
Download or read book Building Resilience of Human Natural Systems of Pastoralism in the Developing World written by Shikui Dong and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume summarizes information about the situational context, threats, problems, challenges and solutions for sustainable pastoralism at a global scale. The book has four goals. The first goal is to summarize the information about the history, distribution and patterns of pastoralism and to identify the importance of pastoralism from social, economic and environmental perspectives. The results of an empirical investigation of the environmental and socio-economic implications of pastoralism in representative pastoral regions in the world are also incorporated. The second goal is to argue that breaking coupled human-natural systems of pastoralism leads to degradation of pastoral ecosystems and to create an analysis framework to assess the vulnerability of worldwide pastoralism. Our analysis framework provides approaches to help comprehensively understand the transitions and the impacts of human-natural systems in the pastoral regions in the world. The third goal is to identify the successful models in promoting coupled human-natural systems of pastoralism, and to learn lessons of breaking coupled human-cultural pastoralism systems through examining the representative cases in regions including Central Asia, Southern and Eastern Asia, Northern and Eastern Africa, the European Alps and South America. The fourth goal is to identify the strategies to build the resilience of the coupled human-natural systems of pastoralism worldwide. We hope that our book can facilitate the further examination of sustainable development of coupled human-natural systems of pastoralism by providing the summaries of existing data and information related to the pastoralism development, and by offering a framework for better understanding and analysis of their social, economic and environmental implications.
Download or read book The Ecology of Pastoralism written by P. Nick Kardulias and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Ecology of Pastoralism, diverse contributions from archaeologists and ethnographers address pastoralism’s significant impact on humanity’s basic subsistence and survival, focusing on the network of social, political, and religious institutions existing within various societies dependent on animal husbandry. Pastoral peoples, both past and present, have organized their relationships with certain animals to maximize their ability to survive and adapt to a wide range of conditions over time. Contributors show that despite differences in landscape, environment, and administrative and political structures, these societies share a major characteristic—high flexibility. Based partially on the adaptability of various domestic animals to difficult environments and partially on the ability of people to establish networks allowing them to accommodate political, social, and economic needs, this flexibility is key to the survival of complex pastoral systems and serves as the connection among the varied cultures in the volume. In The Ecology of Pastoralism, a variety of case studies from a broad geographic sampling uses archaeological and contemporary data and offers a new perspective on the study of pastoralism, making this volume a valuable contribution to current research in the area.
Download or read book Culture Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Culture and Agriculture written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Landscapes of Power written by Dana E. Powell and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2018-01-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Landscapes of Power Dana E. Powell examines the rise and fall of the controversial Desert Rock Power Plant initiative in New Mexico to trace the political conflicts surrounding native sovereignty and contemporary energy development on Navajo (Diné) Nation land. Powell's historical and ethnographic account shows how the coal-fired power plant project's defeat provided the basis for redefining the legacies of colonialism, mineral extraction, and environmentalism. Examining the labor of activists, artists, politicians, elders, technicians, and others, Powell emphasizes the generative potential of Navajo resistance to articulate a vision of autonomy in the face of twenty-first-century colonial conditions. Ultimately, Powell situates local Navajo struggles over energy technology and infrastructure within broader sociocultural life, debates over global climate change, and tribal, federal, and global politics of extraction.
