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Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country (Weyerhaeuser Environmental Books) by Marsha L. Weisiger, William Cronon (Foreword) Hardcover, 418 Pages, Published 2009 ISBN-10: 0-295-98881-9 / 0295988819 ISBN-13: 978-0-295-98881-8 / 9780295988818 "Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country" offers a fresh interpretation of the history of Navajo (Dine) pastoralism. A dramatic reduction of livestock on the Navajo Reservation in the 1930s - mainly sheep, goats, and horses - was an ambitious attempt by the federal government to eliminate overgrazing on |