8 “Soaking Songs” Versus “Medicine Man Chant”: Musical Resonance Among Diné Oodlání (Navajo Believers)

Marshall, Kimberly

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“…of the four sacred mountains and their cultural significance within the Diné sacred landscape, especially since Christianity was not predominant on the reservation in the early twentieth century (Marshall 2015). Due to the OLBS's existence within a familiar environment, children most assuredly drew strength and courage from Dook'o'oosłííid to resist and survive negative experiences and confinement in the colonized and assimilative space that was the OLBS.…”

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“…Because a child's traditional cultural education begins in their mother's womb (Aronilith 1991), a typical Diné child in the early twentieth century possessed a foundational understanding of the Diné way of life, including the language, values, philosophy, religion, oral history, clans, kinship, and gender roles by the time they attended school. Therefore, they were likely aware of the existence of the four sacred mountains and their cultural significance within the Diné sacred landscape, especially since Christianity was not predominant on the reservation in the early twentieth century (Marshall 2015). Due to the OLBS's existence within a familiar environment, children most assuredly drew strength and courage from Dook'o’oosłííid to resist and survive negative experiences and confinement in the colonized and assimilative space that was the OLBS.…”

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4 Decolonizing Research for My Diné (Navajo) Community: The Old Leupp Boarding School Historic Site

Bears

2022

Archaeological Papers of the American

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The Old Leupp Boarding School (OLBS) was a Federal Indian Boarding School in operation from 1909–1942 on the southwest Navajo Reservation. It currently exists as a historical archaeology site, and it is an important place to the local Navajos of Leupp and Birdsprings, Arizona. Due to the nature of cultural resource management projects on the Navajo Reservation, which occur prior to development, in‐depth research of Navajo archaeological sites and collaboration with the Navajo public does not usually occur. With the support of local Navajo communities, my decolonizing research documents the history of the OLBS from a Diné (Navajo) perspective, as I explore Diné survivance and resistance within the context of this school. I argue that children utilized their Diné traditional cultural foundations to survive and resist assimilation imposed upon them by the U.S. government at Leupp. In keeping with Navajo cultural norms, I incorporate non‐destructive research methods including oral history interviews with Navajo elders, who attended the OLBS in the early twentieth century, and archival research to investigate the history of the OLBS. My research contributes to decolonizing and post‐colonial anthropological/archaeological research, Navajo Studies, and Native American and Indigenous Studies.

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