Both Sides of the Bullpen

Between 1880 and 1940, Navajo and Ute families and westward-trending Anglos met in the “bullpens” of southwestern trading posts to barter for material goods. Robert McPherson reveals the ways that Navajo tradition fundamentally reshaped and defined trading practices in the Four Corners area of southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado.

Intre 1880 si 1940, familiile Navajo si Ute si Anglos, aflate in tendinta de vest, s-au intalnit in „bullpens” ale posturilor comerciale din sud-vest pentru a face schimb de bunuri materiale. Pe masura ce produsele economiei animale din cultura Navajo au fost schimbate cu marfurile unei natiuni industrializate, o bogatie de cunostinte culturale si-au schimbat mainile.