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Title: Bulletin
Identifier: bulletin3021910smit (find matches)
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology
Subjects: Ethnology
Publisher: Washington : G. P. O.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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BDLL. SO) NAVAHO 43 family, and a vocabulary of their lan- guage shows that the majority of their words have counterparts in dialect-^ of Alaska, Britit^h America, and California. The grammatical structure is lii^e that of Athapascan tongues in general, 1 )ut many words have been inherited from other sources. The grammar isintricate and the vocabulary copious, abounding especi- allv in local names. Pueblos. Their faces are a little more hirsute than those of Indians farther e. Many have occiputs so flattened that the skulls are brachycephalic or hyper- l)rachycephalic, a feature resulting from the hard cradle-board on which the head rests in infancv. According to Hrdlicka (Am. Anthrop., ii, 339, 1900) they ap- proach the I'ueblos physically nuich more closely than the Apache, notwithstanding their linguistic connection with the hitter. In general their faces are intelligent and )ilc:i,^iim-. lliiLihc^; ( Dimii'liaii's I'^xyu'd.,
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NAVAHO (cAYATANITa) The appearance of the Navaho strength- ens the traditional evidence of their very composite origin. It is impossible to de- scribe a prevailing type; they vary in size from stalwart men of 6 ft or more to some who are diminutive in stature. In fea- ture they vary from the strong faces with aquiline noses and prominent chins com- mon with the Dakota and other northern tribes to the subdued features of the 1846) says of them: "They are celebrated for intelligence and good order . . . the noblest of American aborigines." There is nothing somber or stoic in their charac- ter. Among themselves they are merry and jovial, much given to jest and banter. They are very indu.strious, and the ))roud- est among them scorn no remunerative labor. They do nut bear ))ain with the fortitude displayed among the militant tribes of the N., nor do they inflict upon themselves equal tortures. They are, on the whole, a progressive people. The tribe is divided into a number of

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