An Analysis of Sources of Information on the Population of the Navaho (Bureau of American Ethnology)

Description

Author: Johnston, Denis Foster

Publisher U.S. Government Printing Office

Pub Date: 1966

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: 6 copies.  Copies 1-5:  Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.   One copy has a small spot on upper front cover corner, probably from a sticker.  No residue.    Includes one fold-out map.  Gilt on spine still sharp, easily readable.  Without dust jacket, as issued.  As close to unused/unread as you could get.  Copy 6 (LC25): Fair to Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Bottom corners, front and rear, slightly bumped.  Very light edge wear.  Appears unused.

Notes: Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 197.  There are currently more than 80,000 Navajo, making the tribe one of every five Indians in the United States.  This volume looks at the differences between the BIA population figures and the Bureau of the Census figures–“The major purpose of this inquiry is to describe the pertinent records of these two major sources and the procedures whereby their data are obtained…” (From the Introduction)