Under Sacred Ground

A History of Navajo Oil, 1922-1982

By Kathleen P. Chamberlain
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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Modern Navajo tribal government originated in 1923 solely to approve oil leases. This ethnohistory tracks the major changes brought to the Navajo people in the six decades following the discovery and exploitation of oil and gas on tribal lands.

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Kathleen P. Chamberlain

Kathleen P. Chamberlain is professor of history at Eastern Michigan University. She is the author of Victorio: Apache Leader and Warrior (2007) and Under Sacred Ground: A History of Navajo Oil, 1922-1982 (UNM Press, 2000) and coauthor of Power and Promise: The Changing American West with Gary C. Anderson (2008).

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  • Publisher: UNM Press (June 16, 2008)
  • Length: 189 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826320421

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A History of Navajo Oil, 1922-1982

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