About the Author

Robert S. McPherson is a professor of history emeritus at Utah State University, Blanding Campus and has published widely on Navajo and Ute history and culture.

Perry Juan Robinson is from the highly traditional area of Piñon, Black Mesa, Arizona, with a strong family heritage of practicing medicine people. He has been a member of the Navajo Nation Medicine Man Association for over twenty years and continues to work as a hataali.