Charlotte J. Frisbie's Kinaalda: A Study of the Navaho Girl's Puberty Ceremony, published by Wesleyan University Press for the Museum of Northern Arizona in 1967, is a detailed scholarly ethnographic study of the Navajo girls' coming of age ceremony, based on direct observation and consultation with Navajo participants. Its strength is that it remains a standard, detailed reference on the ceremony's structure and meaning, still cited in later Navajo ethnography. Its limit is that it documents the ceremony as practiced in the 1960s, so a claim about how Kinaalda is conducted today should be checked against more recent sources describing any changes in practice since.
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Published by Wesleyan University Press for the Museum of Northern Arizona as Charlotte J. Frisbie's detailed scholarly ethnographic study, a standard reference still cited in later Navajo ethnography, treated at the top tier. NotesScholarly study of the Navajo girl's puberty ceremony, Kinaalda.
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AuthorCharlotte J. Frisbie
PublisherWesleyan University Press for the Museum of Northern Arizona
Publication Year1967
Source TypeEthnography
Claims Backed By This Source (27 claims)
This source backs 27 claims across the atlas. As facts: 21 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Rituals, 17 claims: 11 well-attested, 4 holds, 2 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Articles, 3 claims: 3 well-attested.
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