RT Book
T1 Diné dóó Gáamalii: Navajo Latter-Day Saint experiences in the twentieth century
T2 Lyda Conley series on trailblazing indigenous futures
A1 King, Farina
LA English
PP Lawrence, Kansas
PB University Press of Kansas
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1830707698
AB "Dine doo Gaamalii is a history of twentieth-century Navajos, including author Farina King and her family, who have converted and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), becoming "Dine doo Gaamalii"--both Dine and LDS. Drawing on Dine stories from the LDS Native American Oral History Project, King illuminates the mutual entanglement of Indigenous identity and religious affiliation, showing how their Dine identity made them outsiders to the LDS church and, conversely, how belonging to the LDS community made them outsiders to their Native community. The story that King tells shows the complex ways that Dine people engaged with church institutions within the context of settler colonial power structures. The lived experiences of Dine in the church programs sometimes diverged from the intentions and expectations of those who designed them"--
NO Includes bibliographical references and index
CN E99.N3
SN 978-0-7006-3552-8
SN 978-0-7006-3553-5
K1 King, Farina : Family
K1 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : Missions : Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah
K1 Navajo Indians : Religion
K1 Indian Latter Day Saints
K1 Church work with Indians : Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints : History : 20th century
K1 Navajo Indians : Missions
K1 Navajo Indians : Ethnic identity