Navajo ancestors: origins of the Navajos
The Navajos arrive: Navajos in the Southwest
Between the four mountains: early years in the Southwest
Second beginning: sheep and horses
Learning by marriage: contact with pueblo refugees
The Navajos become a people: expansion after 1690
Lords of the soil: the heyday of banditry
Men with ears down to their ankles: first contact with the United States
Little white fathers: first agents
Kit Carson brings 'em back alive: the roundup
The army worm: years at Fort Sumner
Third beginning: first reservation years, the Navajos
Father Washington: first reservation years, the agents
Navajo shotguns: the traders
New summit: back to prosperity
- Time catches up with the Navajos: the down trend
Ferment: World War II arouses the Navajos to modern needs
Last call for help from the Navajos: a transition stage
Fourth beginning: the Navajos today