Of songs, prayers, and spirit: Navajo relationships and property concepts -- Setting the stage: traditional trading practices -- Thinking about architecture: Navajo values in the home and at the post -- Building bonds, trading goods: the Navajo post experience -- Standing behind the counter: the qualifications and qualities of a trader -- Exchanging wealth: stock and livestock -- Weaving a lifestyle: rugs and pawn -- Social life at the posts: ladies, law, and laughter -- Beginning relationships: early posts along the San Juan, 1878-1900 -- A different view at the posts: Ute and Navajo trade, 1880-1940 -- Posts as economic exciters: the heyday of Navajo trade, 1900-1935 -- The end of an era: boom, bust, and livestock reduction, 1920-1940 -- Epilogue: post trading post.