Place-naming, environment, and perception among the canyon de chelly navajo of arizona

Professional Geographer

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 481-493

  Jett, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Athapaskan; Canyon de chelly; Navajo; Perception; Place names

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008949217     PISSN: 00330124     EISSN: 14679272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0033-0124.00094     Document Type: Article

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