Navajo Indians (circa 1892)
The image is from the 14th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-93, by J. W. Powell, Director, Part 2. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. The description which follows summarizes the detailed information accompanying the image in the report.
According to the official report for 1892, the Navajo Indians living in Northern New Mexico and Arizona numbered somewhat over 16,000 souls and had, in round numbers, 9,000 cattle, 119,000 horses, and 1,600,000 sheep and goats. Being rich in herds and wealth in silver, the Navajo felt no special need of a redeemer and the doctrinal seed of the Ghost Dance had fallen on barren ground. The Navajo were skeptical, laughed at the prophets, and paid but little attention to the prophesies.
Navajo Indians (circa 1892)
The image is from the 14th Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1892-93, by J. W. Powell, Director, Part 2. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. The description which follows summarizes the detailed information accompanying the image in the report.
According to the official report for 1892, the Navajo Indians living in Northern New Mexico and Arizona numbered somewhat over 16,000 souls and had, in round numbers, 9,000 cattle, 119,000 horses, and 1,600,000 sheep and goats. Being rich in herds and wealth in silver, the Navajo felt no special need of a redeemer and the doctrinal seed of the Ghost Dance had fallen on barren ground. The Navajo were skeptical, laughed at the prophets, and paid but little attention to the prophesies.