Michael Lerma

Guided by the Mountains (eBook, ePUB)

Navajo Political Philosophy and Governance

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What do traditional Indigenous institutions of governance offer to our understanding of the contemporary challenges faced by the Navajo Nation today and tomorrow? Guided by the Mountains looks at the tensions between Indigenous political philosophy and the challenges faced by Indigenous nations in building political institutions that address contemporary problems and enact "good governance." Specifically, it looks at Navajo, or Diné, political thought, focusing on traditional Diné institutions that offer "a new (old) understanding of contemporary governance challenges" facing the Navajo Nation. Arguing not only for the existence but also the persistence of traditional Navajo political thought and policy, Guided by the Mountains asserts that "traditional" Indigenous philosophy provides a model for creating effective governance institutions that address current issues faced by Indigenous nations. Incorporating both visual interpretations and narrative accounts of traditional and contemporary Diné institutions of government from Diné philosophers, the book is the first to represent Indigenous philosophy as the foundation behind traditional and contemporary governance. It also explains how Diné governance institutions operated during Pre-Contact and Post-Contact times. This path-breaking book stands as the first-time normative account of Diné philosophy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780190639877
• Artikelnr.: 47993422

Autorenporträt

Michael Lerma is Associate Professor of Politics and International Affairs, and Applied Indigenous Studies at Northern Arizona University. Avery Denny is Professor of Diné Studies at Diné College. Robert Yazzie is Associate Professor of Law Advocate, School of Diné and Law Studies, Navajo Technical University.

Inhaltsangabe

* LIST OF FIGURES
* LIST OF TABLES
* FOREWORD: IS THERE A NAVAJO GOOD GOVERNANCE? by Hataalii Avery Denny
* INTRODUCTION: DZIl LEEZH - ENTER, EXIT, and RETURN HOME
* CHAPTER I: SISNAAJINI (Mount Taylor) - PHILOSOPHY OF DINÉ THINKING
* CHAPTER II: TSOODZIL (Mount Blanca) - INTERRUPTED PLANNING IN THE
HISTORY OF DINÉ GOVERNANCE
* CHAPTER III: DOOK'O'OSLIID (San Francisco Peaks) - LIVING CONCEPTS OF
DINÉ GOVERNANCE
* CHAPTER IV: TEARING DOWN 'IINÁ HOOGHAN - CONCEPTS OF MODERN NAVAJO
NATION GOVERNANCE
* CHAPTER V: DIBÉ NITSAA (Mount Hesperus) - REGENERATING CONCEPTS OF
DINÉ GOVERNANCE
* CHAPTER VI: DZILNÁ'OODILII (Doorway Mountain) AND CH'OOL'I'I (Chimney
Mountain): SELF-GENERATING TRADITIONAL DINÉ INSTITUTIONS IN THE FACE
OF COLONIAL INTERACTION
* CHAPTER VII: ATSA (Eagle) AND MA'II TSO (Wolf): SEARCH FROM ABOVE,
SEARCH FROM THE EARTH
* AFTERWORD: PRINCIPLES OF DINÉ LEADERSHIP by The Honorable Robert
Yazzie
* NOTES
* REFERENCES
* INDEX