“Navajo Latter-day Saints are Diné dóó Gáamalii, ” writes Farina King, in this deeply personal collective biography. “We are Diné who decided to walk a Latter-day Saint pathway, although not always consistently or without reappraising that decision.”
Diné dóó Gáamalii 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 Diné dóó Gáamalii—both Diné and LDS. Drawing on Diné stories from the LDS Native American Oral History Project, King illuminates the mutual entanglement of Indigenous identity and religious affiliation, showing how their Diné 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 Diné people engaged with church institutions in the context of settler colonial power structures. The lived experiences of Diné in church programs sometimes diverged from the intentions and expectations of those who designed them.
In this empathetic and richly researched study, King explores the impacts of Navajo Latter-day Saints who seek to bridge different traditions, peoples, and communities. She sheds light on the challenges and joys they face in following both the Diné teachings of Si’ąh Naagháì Bik’eh Hózhǫ́—“live to old age in beauty”—and the teachings of the church.
Tabela de Conteúdo
List of Images
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Diné dóó Gáamalii: Navajo Latter-day Saints
2. Gáamalii Bina’nitiní: Missionaries
3. Ólta’ Gáamalii: “Mormon School”
4. Sodizin Bá Hooghan: Church
5. Beyond Diné Bikéyah
6. Red Power at BYU
7. Diné dóó Gáamalii Perspectives
Epilogue
Appendix: Oral History Interviews and Oral History Sources
Glossary
Notes
Sobre o autor
Farina King is Horizon Chair of Native American Ecology and Culture and associate professor of Native American studies, University of Oklahoma, coauthor of “Returning Home: Diné Creative Works of the Intermountain Indian School, and author of The Earth Memory Compass: Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century.
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