Robert S Mcpherson
Biographic Data
| ID | 533491 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert S Mcpherson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert S |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcpherson |
| SIGNATURE | MCPHERSON R S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Utah State University Eastern |
| ORCID | 0009-0007-3268-344X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“Revolving Stages” of Primal Scream: Autoethnography, “Collective Effervescence,” Live Performance, and the Making of an Alternative Legacy Act
This article explores the evolution of the Scottish rock band Primal Scream into an alternative legacy act. It discusses the “revolving stages” of Primal Scream’s career, focused on their musical and performative development, which aligns with their ever-increasing profile and audience. The article takes an autoethnographic approach, based on memories of four concerts the authors attended between 1986 and 2010, where Durkheim’s notion of “collect…
Circles, Trees, and Bears: Symbols of Power of the Weenuche Ute
The Ute community of White Mesa, comprised of approximately 315 people, sits in the corner of southeastern Utah, eleven miles outside of Blanding. The residents, primarily of Weenuche Ute and Paiute ancestry, enjoy a cultural heritage that embraces elements from plains, mountain, and desert/Great Basin Indian culture. Among their religious practices are the Worship Dance, Ghost Dance, Sun Dance, and Bear Dance. Although each ceremony is unique, a…
Dinéjí Na`Nitin: Navajo Traditional Teachings and History
Traditional teachings derived from stories and practices passed through generations lie at the core of a well-balanced Navajo life. These teachings are based on a very different perspective of the physical and spiritual world than that found in general American culture. Dinéjí Na`nitin is an introduction to traditional Navajo teachings and history for a non-Navajo audience, providing a glimpse into this unfamiliar domain and illuminating the powe…
Power, Prayers, and Protection: Comb Ridge as a Case Study in Navajo Thought
Comb Ridge, a one hundred mile monolith in southeastern Utah, represents a variety of important cultural symbols to the Navajo people living in the region. Among the symbols associated with this rock formation are: snakes, lightning, arrowheads, wind and Holy Wind, bears, and witchcraft as well as blessings. The land serves as a mnemonic device that teaches of ceremonial lore specific to various chantways. The article concludes having made the fo…
Enemies Like a Road Covered with Ice: The Utah Navajos' Experience during the Long Walk Period, 1858-1868
“What is history but a fable agreed upon.” So wrote Napoleon Bonaparte, a man considered by many to be a tactical genius and by others to be a bloody butcher. Reality lies somewhere between, part of the fable. Defined as “a narrative making a cautionary point . . . a story about legendary persons or exploits . . . [or] a falsehood,” the term fable characterizes, in a positive and a negative sense, the treatment of many historic episodes, includin…
A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday
Journal Article A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday Get access A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday. By Holiday John McPherson Robert S.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. xxii + 394 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, index. $29.95.) Milford B. Muskett Milford B. Muskett Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 37,…
Navajo Land, Navajo Culture: The Utah Experience in the Twentieth Century
Journal Article Navajo Land, Navajo Culture: The Utah Experience in the Twentieth Century Get access Navajo Land, Navajo Culture: the Utah Experience in the Twentieth Century, By McPherson Robert S.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.) Alan K. Barlow Alan K. Barlow Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly…
Northern Navajo Frontier 1860 1900: Expansion Through Adversity
The Journey of Navajo Oshley: An Autobiography and Life History
Journal Article The Journey of Navajo Oshley: An Autobiography and Life History Get access The Journey of Navajo Oshley: An Autobiography and Life History. Edited by McPherson Robert S.. (Logan: Utah State University Press, 2000. xiii + 226 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $19.95, paper.) Gretchen Harvey Gretchen Harvey Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historic…
Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape
Book Review| October 01 2000 Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape, Laurance D. Linford. ROBERT S. MCPHERSON ROBERT S. MCPHERSON Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utah Historical Quarterly (2000) 68 (4): 362–364. https://doi.org/10.2307/45062566 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation ROBERT S. MCPHERSON; Navajo Places:…
He Stood for Us Strongly: Father H. Baxter Liebler's Mission to the Navajo
The San Juan River was still running deep that July of 1943. The cottonwood leaves trembled slightly in the midday heat, with an occasional breeze snaking its way along the dirt road that ran beside the red rock bluffs north of the river. Ada Benally remembers shading her eyes and looking across the brown, roiling water at the approaching dust cloud that billowed above the far bank. The hum of vehicle engines stopped, the opening and closing of t…
Of Metaphors and Learning: Navajo Teachings for Today's Youth
I winced. The young teenage boy gazed into my eyes without even a ripple of a smile. He was serious. I looked over in the corner where an older Navajo man rested, silver hair cropped close, eyes gazing into the fire of the small wood-burning stove. I was glad that he probably did not understand what his grandson had just said, since what was a cartoon to one person was the essence of life for another. As I made my way across miles of sandy desert…
Poverty, Politics, and Petroleum: The Utah Navajo and the Aneth Oil Field
The land was soft, still going through its creative process when the Navajo people first emerged into this world. They traveled from worlds beneath this one, entering into the Four Corners region, ready to establish a new life. Yet few things are ever as easy as they initially appear. Monsters also inhabited the land and destroyed the Dine, or People, at every opportunity. Many of these creatures assumed different forms and powers, such as Ye'iit…
Chiefs, Agents and Soldiers: Conflict on the Navajo Frontier, 1868-1882
Journal Article Chiefs, Agents and Soldiers: Conflict on the Navajo Frontier, 1868–1882 Get access Chiefs, Agents and Soldiers: Conflict on the Navajo Frontier, 1868–1882. By Moore William Haas. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. xxiv + 355 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00.) Robert S. McPherson Robert S. McPherson College of Eastern Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
"From Dezba to "John: The Changing Role of Navajo Women in Southeastern Utah
In 1939, Gladys A. Reichard published Dezba: Woman of the Desert, a fictional account based on the author’s sixteen years of anthropological work among the Navajo. Although the characters were imaginary, the events and feelings portrayed in the book showed depth in understanding the struggles of a “traditional” mother. Shocked at the younger generation’s adaptation to Anglo-American culture and their growing unfamiliarity with Navajo customs, Dez…
Naalyéhé Bá Hooghan—“House of Merchandise: The Navajo Trading Post as an Institution of Cultural Change, 1900 to 1930
Within the next week, most of you will enter a supermarket that has electric-eye doors for convenience, plays soothing Muzak, and presents its produce in a display worthy of Better Homes and Gardens. Oranges treated with chemicals to make them turn the desired color, apples coated with wax, and glistening fruits and vegetables sprayed with water are placed beside brightly colored packaging that screams "one-third off," or "fewer calories," or "or…
Denizens of the Desert: A Tale in Word and Picture of Life among the Navaho Indians
Journal Article Denizens of the Desert: A Tale in Word and Picture of Life Among the Navaho Indians and The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860–1900: Expansion through Adversity Get access Denizens of the Desert: A Tale in Word and Picture of Life Among the Navaho Indians. By Forster Elizabeth W. Gilpin Laura. Edited by Sandweiss Martha A.. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Illustrations, notes. $24.95.)The Northern Navajo Frontier, …
The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860-1900: Expansion through Adversity
The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860-1900: Expansion through Adversity
A History of the Navajos: The Reservation Years
Journal Article A History of the Navajos: The Reservation Years Get access A History of the Navajos: The Reservation Years. By Bailey Garrick Bailey Roberta Glenn. (Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1986. xx + 360 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, index. $30.00.) Robert S. McPherson Robert S. McPherson College of Eastern Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schola…
Line length measurement as a tool for food preference research
Food preference may be an important factor in the food selection process. Efforts to explore the relationship have been hampered by apparent non‐normality in food preference data collected using the hedonic scale. This paper reports on a study designed to investigate the normality of food preference data by using both a hedonic and a line length scale and, secondly, to evaluate the two data collection techniques. Ninety‐nine women living in Houst…
Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape
Book Review| October 01 2000 Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape, Laurance D. Linford. ROBERT S. MCPHERSON ROBERT S. MCPHERSON Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utah Historical Quarterly (2000) 68 (4): 362–364. https://doi.org/10.2307/45062566 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation ROBERT S. MCPHERSON; Navajo Places:…
A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday
Journal Article A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday Get access A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday. By Holiday John McPherson Robert S.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. xxii + 394 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, index. $29.95.) Milford B. Muskett Milford B. Muskett Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 37,…
Poverty, Politics, and Petroleum: The Utah Navajo and the Aneth Oil Field
The land was soft, still going through its creative process when the Navajo people first emerged into this world. They traveled from worlds beneath this one, entering into the Four Corners region, ready to establish a new life. Yet few things are ever as easy as they initially appear. Monsters also inhabited the land and destroyed the Dine, or People, at every opportunity. Many of these creatures assumed different forms and powers, such as Ye'iit…
The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860-1900: Expansion through Adversity
Line length measurement as a tool for food preference research
Food preference may be an important factor in the food selection process. Efforts to explore the relationship have been hampered by apparent non‐normality in food preference data collected using the hedonic scale. This paper reports on a study designed to investigate the normality of food preference data by using both a hedonic and a line length scale and, secondly, to evaluate the two data collection techniques. Ninety‐nine women living in Houst…
A History of the Navajos: The Reservation Years
Journal Article A History of the Navajos: The Reservation Years Get access A History of the Navajos: The Reservation Years. By Bailey Garrick Bailey Roberta Glenn. (Santa Fe: School of American Research Press, 1986. xx + 360 pp. Illustrations, maps, charts, tables, notes, appendixes, bibliography, index. $30.00.) Robert S. McPherson Robert S. McPherson College of Eastern Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Schola…
Denizens of the Desert: A Tale in Word and Picture of Life among the Navaho Indians
Journal Article Denizens of the Desert: A Tale in Word and Picture of Life Among the Navaho Indians and The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860–1900: Expansion through Adversity Get access Denizens of the Desert: A Tale in Word and Picture of Life Among the Navaho Indians. By Forster Elizabeth W. Gilpin Laura. Edited by Sandweiss Martha A.. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1988. Illustrations, notes. $24.95.)The Northern Navajo Frontier, …
The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860-1900: Expansion through Adversity
The Northern Navajo Frontier, 1860-1900: Expansion through Adversity
Naalyéhé Bá Hooghan—“House of Merchandise: The Navajo Trading Post as an Institution of Cultural Change, 1900 to 1930
Within the next week, most of you will enter a supermarket that has electric-eye doors for convenience, plays soothing Muzak, and presents its produce in a display worthy of Better Homes and Gardens. Oranges treated with chemicals to make them turn the desired color, apples coated with wax, and glistening fruits and vegetables sprayed with water are placed beside brightly colored packaging that screams "one-third off," or "fewer calories," or "or…
"From Dezba to "John: The Changing Role of Navajo Women in Southeastern Utah
In 1939, Gladys A. Reichard published Dezba: Woman of the Desert, a fictional account based on the author’s sixteen years of anthropological work among the Navajo. Although the characters were imaginary, the events and feelings portrayed in the book showed depth in understanding the struggles of a “traditional” mother. Shocked at the younger generation’s adaptation to Anglo-American culture and their growing unfamiliarity with Navajo customs, Dez…
Chiefs, Agents and Soldiers: Conflict on the Navajo Frontier, 1868-1882
Journal Article Chiefs, Agents and Soldiers: Conflict on the Navajo Frontier, 1868–1882 Get access Chiefs, Agents and Soldiers: Conflict on the Navajo Frontier, 1868–1882. By Moore William Haas. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1994. xxiv + 355 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $45.00.) Robert S. McPherson Robert S. McPherson College of Eastern Utah Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Poverty, Politics, and Petroleum: The Utah Navajo and the Aneth Oil Field
The land was soft, still going through its creative process when the Navajo people first emerged into this world. They traveled from worlds beneath this one, entering into the Four Corners region, ready to establish a new life. Yet few things are ever as easy as they initially appear. Monsters also inhabited the land and destroyed the Dine, or People, at every opportunity. Many of these creatures assumed different forms and powers, such as Ye'iit…
Of Metaphors and Learning: Navajo Teachings for Today's Youth
I winced. The young teenage boy gazed into my eyes without even a ripple of a smile. He was serious. I looked over in the corner where an older Navajo man rested, silver hair cropped close, eyes gazing into the fire of the small wood-burning stove. I was glad that he probably did not understand what his grandson had just said, since what was a cartoon to one person was the essence of life for another. As I made my way across miles of sandy desert…
He Stood for Us Strongly: Father H. Baxter Liebler's Mission to the Navajo
The San Juan River was still running deep that July of 1943. The cottonwood leaves trembled slightly in the midday heat, with an occasional breeze snaking its way along the dirt road that ran beside the red rock bluffs north of the river. Ada Benally remembers shading her eyes and looking across the brown, roiling water at the approaching dust cloud that billowed above the far bank. The hum of vehicle engines stopped, the opening and closing of t…
Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape
Book Review| October 01 2000 Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape Navajo Places: History, Legend, Landscape, Laurance D. Linford. ROBERT S. MCPHERSON ROBERT S. MCPHERSON Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Utah Historical Quarterly (2000) 68 (4): 362–364. https://doi.org/10.2307/45062566 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation ROBERT S. MCPHERSON; Navajo Places:…
Northern Navajo Frontier 1860 1900: Expansion Through Adversity
The Journey of Navajo Oshley: An Autobiography and Life History
Journal Article The Journey of Navajo Oshley: An Autobiography and Life History Get access The Journey of Navajo Oshley: An Autobiography and Life History. Edited by McPherson Robert S.. (Logan: Utah State University Press, 2000. xiii + 226 pp. Illustrations, notes, index. $19.95, paper.) Gretchen Harvey Gretchen Harvey Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historic…
Navajo Land, Navajo Culture: The Utah Experience in the Twentieth Century
Journal Article Navajo Land, Navajo Culture: The Utah Experience in the Twentieth Century Get access Navajo Land, Navajo Culture: the Utah Experience in the Twentieth Century, By McPherson Robert S.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95.) Alan K. Barlow Alan K. Barlow Utah State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly…
A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday
Journal Article A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday Get access A Navajo Legacy: The Life and Teachings of John Holiday. By Holiday John McPherson Robert S.. (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2005. xxii + 394 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, index. $29.95.) Milford B. Muskett Milford B. Muskett Cornell University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 37,…
Enemies Like a Road Covered with Ice: The Utah Navajos' Experience during the Long Walk Period, 1858-1868
“What is history but a fable agreed upon.” So wrote Napoleon Bonaparte, a man considered by many to be a tactical genius and by others to be a bloody butcher. Reality lies somewhere between, part of the fable. Defined as “a narrative making a cautionary point . . . a story about legendary persons or exploits . . . [or] a falsehood,” the term fable characterizes, in a positive and a negative sense, the treatment of many historic episodes, includin…
Power, Prayers, and Protection: Comb Ridge as a Case Study in Navajo Thought
Comb Ridge, a one hundred mile monolith in southeastern Utah, represents a variety of important cultural symbols to the Navajo people living in the region. Among the symbols associated with this rock formation are: snakes, lightning, arrowheads, wind and Holy Wind, bears, and witchcraft as well as blessings. The land serves as a mnemonic device that teaches of ceremonial lore specific to various chantways. The article concludes having made the fo…
Circles, Trees, and Bears: Symbols of Power of the Weenuche Ute
The Ute community of White Mesa, comprised of approximately 315 people, sits in the corner of southeastern Utah, eleven miles outside of Blanding. The residents, primarily of Weenuche Ute and Paiute ancestry, enjoy a cultural heritage that embraces elements from plains, mountain, and desert/Great Basin Indian culture. Among their religious practices are the Worship Dance, Ghost Dance, Sun Dance, and Bear Dance. Although each ceremony is unique, a…
Dinéjí Na`Nitin: Navajo Traditional Teachings and History
Traditional teachings derived from stories and practices passed through generations lie at the core of a well-balanced Navajo life. These teachings are based on a very different perspective of the physical and spiritual world than that found in general American culture. Dinéjí Na`nitin is an introduction to traditional Navajo teachings and history for a non-Navajo audience, providing a glimpse into this unfamiliar domain and illuminating the powe…
“Revolving Stages” of Primal Scream: Autoethnography, “Collective Effervescence,” Live Performance, and the Making of an Alternative Legacy Act
This article explores the evolution of the Scottish rock band Primal Scream into an alternative legacy act. It discusses the “revolving stages” of Primal Scream’s career, focused on their musical and performative development, which aligns with their ever-increasing profile and audience. The article takes an autoethnographic approach, based on memories of four concerts the authors attended between 1986 and 2010, where Durkheim’s notion of “collect…
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