Tracy J. Andrews

Negotiating survival: undocumented Mexican immigrant women in the Pacific Northwest

Abstract Current analyses of Mexico–U.S. migration theory generally are based on socioeconomic contexts and decision-making processes of male respondents. Further, limited data available on undocumented Mexican immigrant women mainly address the Mexico–U.S. border area, and adjacent U.S. urban centers. Our qualitative study focuses on undocumented Mexican immigrant women residing in central Washington State, where the regional economy is dominated by agribusiness development and dependent on immigrant and migrant farm labor. This paper assesses propositions of neoclassical economic and social capital theories of international migration in explaining the women’s migration decision-making processes. Project data indicate that while the Pacific Northwest has been a primary migration destination for sometime, it now may be increasingly a second-stage U.S. migration site, following initial migration to more traditional destinations such as California.

The Effects of Regional Variation and Temporal Change on Matrilineal Elements of Navajo Social Organization

During the first half of the present century, scholars such as Reichard and Kluckhohn took it for granted that Navajo society was thoroughly matrilineal with respect to inheritance and corporate groups larger than the coresident extended family. In recent years, however, the pervasiveness of matrilineality has been questioned by a number of scholars, most notably Lamphere and Adams. Only Aberle has continued to view matrilineal principles as central to Navajo social organization and has attempted to reconcile the differing interpretations. The present paper presents synchronic and diachronic data from three diverse areas of the Navajo Reservation: (1) the open range of the Kaibeto Plateau, (2) the confined valley rangeland of Kitsili on Black Mesa, and (3) the restricted farmland of Canyons de Chelly and del Muerto. We find that matrilocal residence, matrilineal inheritance of key resources, and resident matrilineages that control, manage, and defend these resources are found in those areas where conditions are closest to those prevailing in the prereservation periods.

Drinking Careers: A Twenty-Five-Year Study of Three Navajo Populations.

A history of Navajo drinking longitudinal studies of alcohol use alcohol-related mortality - changing period effects survival patterns of the original study groups Navajo drinking careers a family history of alcohol use Navajo mortality in its regional context alcohol treatment and the bureaucratization of tradition.