David H Dejong
Biographic Data
| ID | 638095 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David H Dejong |
| GIVEN NAMES | David H |
| FAMILY NAME | Dejong |
| SIGNATURE | DEJONG D H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing
Reviewed by: Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O’odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin by Jennifer Bess David H. DeJong (bio) Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O’odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin by Jennifer Bess University Press of Colorado, 2021 jennifer bess adopts an Akimel O’otham–centric view of what is a tragic time in the Gila River Indian Comm…
Blackwater Village at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Much of what is known regarding Historic period Native American communities is based on studying documents that were written by non-indigenous peoples. However, archaeological excavations in a portion of the Blackwater Village within the Gila River Indian Community provide another perspective on Native American life ways within south-central Arizona during the late 1800s. The latter nineteenth century was a pivotal time for the Akimel O’Odham (i.…
Down to the Gila
In the latter nineteenth century, few American Indians had rights that powerful economic interests were bound to respect. These speculative interests in central Arizona Territory's Salt River Valley understood this and influenced federal bureaucrats and policymakers to adopt a scheme giving them access to the natural resources of the Gila River Indian Reservation. Led by A. J. Chandler and his Detroit investors, speculators took advantage of a se…
Navigating the Maze
"Left High and Dry"
The Akimel O’odham, or “River People” (Pima), have lived in the middle Gila River Valley for centuries, irrigating and cultivating the same land as their Huhugam ancestors did for millennia. This history of agriculture is part of the social, economic, and cultural fabric of the Pima, who benefited from a sufficient and fertile land, a steady and reliable supply of water, and favorable physiographic conditions to produce an abundance of food and f…
Abandoned Little by Little
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the United States Indian Irrigation Service attempted to quantify the amount of land currently and previously irrigated on the Pima Reservation. Using triangulation surveys, engineer Charles Southworth produced a series of maps that abetted the enactment of the Florence-Casa Grande Project of 1916. Using a combination of Pima voices and modern GIS analysis substantiates that the Pima were versatile in…
Abandoned Little by Little
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the United States Indian Irrigation Service attempted to quantify the amount of land currently and previously irrigated on the Pima Reservation. Using triangulation surveys, engineer Charles Southworth produced a series of maps that abetted the enactment of the Florence-Casa Grande Project of 1916. Using a combination of Pima voices and modern GIS analysis substantiates that the Pima were versatile in…
Unless They Are Kept Alive
Unless They Are Kept Alive":Federal Indian Schools and Student Health, 1878-1918 David H. DeJong (bio) Prelude During the first decades of the federal government's Indian boarding schools, stories of morbidity and mortality among students were prevalent. Don't Know How, a Lakota father, shared an all-too-common experience. Anticipating the return of his daughter from Hampton (Virginia) Institute, Don't Know How constructed a new house, purchased …
None Excel Them in Virtue and Honesty
Between 1694 and 1848 a medley of ecclesiastical and military chroniclers attempted to describe—through their own cultural lenses and with the inherent biases that come with them—an emerging and dynamic cultural adaptation occurring among the Gila River Pima, or the Akimel O'otham—the "River People." While Pima culture was by no means static prior to 1694, it was less so after that date. A number of important changes were documented, including th…
Forced to Abandon Their Farms
[T]he Indians . . . continued to increase their cultivated lands and were prosperous and contented. White people began to take water from the river about forty years ago. The first diversion being so small we hardly noticed it, but they gradually took more out each year till we noticed our loss by not being able to irrigate all our fields. We were forced to abandon them little by little, until some twenty years ago when we were left high and dry.…
Promises of the Past
Journal Article Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education in the United States. By David H. DeJong. (Golden: North American, 1993. xvi, 286 pp. $24.95, ISBN 1-55591-905-7.) Get access Michael C. Coleman Michael C. Coleman University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 3, December 1994, Pages 1275–1276, https://doi.org/10.2…
Promises of the Past
Journal Article Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education in the United States Get access Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education in the United States. By DeJong David H.. (Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1993. xv + 286 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.) Margaret Connell Szasz Margaret Connell Szasz University of New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quar…
Unless They Are Kept Alive
Unless They Are Kept Alive":Federal Indian Schools and Student Health, 1878-1918 David H. DeJong (bio) Prelude During the first decades of the federal government's Indian boarding schools, stories of morbidity and mortality among students were prevalent. Don't Know How, a Lakota father, shared an all-too-common experience. Anticipating the return of his daughter from Hampton (Virginia) Institute, Don't Know How constructed a new house, purchased …
Promises of the Past
Journal Article Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education in the United States. By David H. DeJong. (Golden: North American, 1993. xvi, 286 pp. $24.95, ISBN 1-55591-905-7.) Get access Michael C. Coleman Michael C. Coleman University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 3, December 1994, Pages 1275–1276, https://doi.org/10.2…
Blackwater Village at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Much of what is known regarding Historic period Native American communities is based on studying documents that were written by non-indigenous peoples. However, archaeological excavations in a portion of the Blackwater Village within the Gila River Indian Community provide another perspective on Native American life ways within south-central Arizona during the late 1800s. The latter nineteenth century was a pivotal time for the Akimel O’Odham (i.…
Navigating the Maze
Abandoned Little by Little
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the United States Indian Irrigation Service attempted to quantify the amount of land currently and previously irrigated on the Pima Reservation. Using triangulation surveys, engineer Charles Southworth produced a series of maps that abetted the enactment of the Florence-Casa Grande Project of 1916. Using a combination of Pima voices and modern GIS analysis substantiates that the Pima were versatile in…
None Excel Them in Virtue and Honesty
Between 1694 and 1848 a medley of ecclesiastical and military chroniclers attempted to describe—through their own cultural lenses and with the inherent biases that come with them—an emerging and dynamic cultural adaptation occurring among the Gila River Pima, or the Akimel O'otham—the "River People." While Pima culture was by no means static prior to 1694, it was less so after that date. A number of important changes were documented, including th…
Promises of the Past
Journal Article Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education in the United States. By David H. DeJong. (Golden: North American, 1993. xvi, 286 pp. $24.95, ISBN 1-55591-905-7.) Get access Michael C. Coleman Michael C. Coleman University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 3, December 1994, Pages 1275–1276, https://doi.org/10.2…
Promises of the Past
Journal Article Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education in the United States Get access Promises of the Past: A History of Indian Education in the United States. By DeJong David H.. (Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1993. xv + 286 pp. Notes, bibliography, index. $24.95.) Margaret Connell Szasz Margaret Connell Szasz University of New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Western Historical Quar…
Forced to Abandon Their Farms
[T]he Indians . . . continued to increase their cultivated lands and were prosperous and contented. White people began to take water from the river about forty years ago. The first diversion being so small we hardly noticed it, but they gradually took more out each year till we noticed our loss by not being able to irrigate all our fields. We were forced to abandon them little by little, until some twenty years ago when we were left high and dry.…
None Excel Them in Virtue and Honesty
Between 1694 and 1848 a medley of ecclesiastical and military chroniclers attempted to describe—through their own cultural lenses and with the inherent biases that come with them—an emerging and dynamic cultural adaptation occurring among the Gila River Pima, or the Akimel O'otham—the "River People." While Pima culture was by no means static prior to 1694, it was less so after that date. A number of important changes were documented, including th…
Abandoned Little by Little
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the United States Indian Irrigation Service attempted to quantify the amount of land currently and previously irrigated on the Pima Reservation. Using triangulation surveys, engineer Charles Southworth produced a series of maps that abetted the enactment of the Florence-Casa Grande Project of 1916. Using a combination of Pima voices and modern GIS analysis substantiates that the Pima were versatile in…
Abandoned Little by Little
In the first decade of the twentieth century, the United States Indian Irrigation Service attempted to quantify the amount of land currently and previously irrigated on the Pima Reservation. Using triangulation surveys, engineer Charles Southworth produced a series of maps that abetted the enactment of the Florence-Casa Grande Project of 1916. Using a combination of Pima voices and modern GIS analysis substantiates that the Pima were versatile in…
Unless They Are Kept Alive
Unless They Are Kept Alive":Federal Indian Schools and Student Health, 1878-1918 David H. DeJong (bio) Prelude During the first decades of the federal government's Indian boarding schools, stories of morbidity and mortality among students were prevalent. Don't Know How, a Lakota father, shared an all-too-common experience. Anticipating the return of his daughter from Hampton (Virginia) Institute, Don't Know How constructed a new house, purchased …
"Left High and Dry"
The Akimel O’odham, or “River People” (Pima), have lived in the middle Gila River Valley for centuries, irrigating and cultivating the same land as their Huhugam ancestors did for millennia. This history of agriculture is part of the social, economic, and cultural fabric of the Pima, who benefited from a sufficient and fertile land, a steady and reliable supply of water, and favorable physiographic conditions to produce an abundance of food and f…
Down to the Gila
In the latter nineteenth century, few American Indians had rights that powerful economic interests were bound to respect. These speculative interests in central Arizona Territory's Salt River Valley understood this and influenced federal bureaucrats and policymakers to adopt a scheme giving them access to the natural resources of the Gila River Indian Reservation. Led by A. J. Chandler and his Detroit investors, speculators took advantage of a se…
Navigating the Maze
Blackwater Village at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
Much of what is known regarding Historic period Native American communities is based on studying documents that were written by non-indigenous peoples. However, archaeological excavations in a portion of the Blackwater Village within the Gila River Indian Community provide another perspective on Native American life ways within south-central Arizona during the late 1800s. The latter nineteenth century was a pivotal time for the Akimel O’Odham (i.…
Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing
Reviewed by: Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O’odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin by Jennifer Bess David H. DeJong (bio) Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing: The Akimel O’odham and Cycles of Agricultural Transformation in the Phoenix Basin by Jennifer Bess University Press of Colorado, 2021 jennifer bess adopts an Akimel O’otham–centric view of what is a tragic time in the Gila River Indian Comm…
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