Modern Navajo Trading Posts in the Gallup, NM, Region and how they Compare with Traditional Trading Posts

Authors

Trent Tanner, Brigham Young University
Dr. Jill Rudy, Brigham Young University

Keywords

Navajo trading posts, traditional trading posts, Indian reservation

College

Humanities

Department

English

Abstract

Trading relationships between the Navajo Indians and Anglo-American frontiersmen began in the late 1860s after the Navajo were released from their internment at Ft. Sumner by the US government. These intrepid men carried to the Navajo such goods as coffee, lard, and white flour as well as western farming tools in exchange for goods such as Navajo weavings, sheep wool, and silver jewelry. Among these men was my great-great-great grandfather, Seth Tanner, also called Hastiin Shash, or “Man Bear.” (see picture 1). He was the beginning of what has become a five-generation Tanner Navajo trading legacy which continues today.

Recommended Citation

Tanner, Trent and Rudy, Dr. Jill (2013) "Modern Navajo Trading Posts in the Gallup, NM, Region and how they Compare with Traditional Trading Posts," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 738.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/738