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Book Odyssey of the Pueblo Indians

    Book Details:
  • Author : William M. Eaton
  • Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
  • Release : 2002-06
  • ISBN : 9781563116940
  • Pages : 230 pages

Download or read book Odyssey of the Pueblo Indians written by William M. Eaton and published by Turner Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, William M. Eaton, brings to his studies of Pueblo Indian culture a unique background. He was commissioned as 2nd Lt. in the USAAF with specialized training as a celestial navigator...One day as he surveyed a petroglyph panel, he was impressed with the fact that the Pueblo Indian shaman had imprinted several star Panels, namely Ursa Major and Ursa Minor, into the petroglyph panel. One set of obscure dots soon led to another, and a remarkable source of astronomical data was developed including the utilization of Pleiades, Orion, and the star Capella. This data, some of which related to star panels announcing the summer and winter solstices, was intended to initiate the annual schedules of a number of Pueblo Indian events such as the Niman Dance in Summer Solstice, the Soyal Winter Solsice Ceremony, and the Momtcit Warrior Initiation Rites in late December.

Book How the World Moves

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  • Author : Peter Nabokov
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2016-11-01
  • ISBN : 0143109685
  • Pages : 561 pages

Download or read book How the World Moves written by Peter Nabokov and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling portrait of cultural transition and assimilation via the saga of one Acoma Pueblo Indian family Born in 1861 in New Mexico’s Acoma Pueblo, Edward Proctor Hunt lived a tribal life almost unchanged for centuries. But after attending government schools he broke with his people’s ancient codes to become a shopkeeper and controversial broker between Indian and white worlds. As a Wild West Show Indian he travelled in Europe with his family, and saw his sons become silversmiths, painters, and consultants on Indian Lore. In 1928, in a life-culminating experience, he recited his version of the origin myth of Acoma Pueblo to Smithsonian Institution scholars. Nabokov narrates the fascinating story of Hunt’s life within a multicultural and historical context. Chronicling Pueblo Indian life and Anglo/Indian relations over the last century and a half, he explores how this entrepreneurial family capitalized on the nation’s passion for Indian culture. In this rich book, Nabokov dramatizes how the Hunts, like immigrants throughout history, faced anguishing decisions over staying put or striking out for economic independence, and experienced the pivotal passage from tradition to modernity.

Book Native Heart

Download or read book Native Heart written by Gabriel Horn and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted writer and teacher Horn shares the powerfully moving story of his life--a story for everyone who loved Lakota Woman and Black Elk Speaks. A deeply inspiring and instructive account of one man's sacred journey tha t helps to keep previous generations alive.

Book The Land of the Pueblos

Download or read book The Land of the Pueblos written by Susan Elston Wallace and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Indian Stories from the Pueblos

Download or read book Indian Stories from the Pueblos written by Frank Guy Applegate and published by Applewood Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories written by an artist who lived among the Pueblo Indians draws on nineteenth- and twentieth-century accounts of Native American life, customs, and folklore.

Book Indio Trails

Download or read book Indio Trails written by Raúlrsalinas and published by Wings Press (TX). This book was released on 2007 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection documents Raul Salinas' years spent working with the American Indian Movement in the 1970s and 1980s.

Book Anpao

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jamake Highwater
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 1992-01-30
  • ISBN : 0064404374
  • Pages : 260 pages

Download or read book Anpao written by Jamake Highwater and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1992-01-30 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anpao is young and Handsome and Brave -- a man any maiden would be proud to call her husband. Any maiden but Ko-Ko-Mik-e-is, that is, who calims she belongs to the Sun alone. And so Anpao sets off for the house of the Sun to ask permission to marry the woman he loves. But Anpao's journey is not an easy one. Before he can reach the Sun, Anapao must travel back in time to the dawn of the world. He must relive his own creation, venture through The World Beneath the World, and battle the many magical mystical creatures of Native American legends. For only by doing so can Anpao discover who he really is, and rove to the Sun why he alone is worthy of the fair Ko-komik-e-is

Book Indeh

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eve Ball
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2013-06-14
  • ISBN : 0806173823
  • Pages : 361 pages

Download or read book Indeh written by Eve Ball and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2013-06-14 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A fascinating account of Apache history and ethnography. All the narratives have been carefully chosen to illustrate important facets of the Apache experience. Moreover, they make very interesting reading....This is a major contribution to both Apache history and to the history of the Southwest....The book should appeal to a very wide audience. It also should be well received by the Native American community. Indeh is oral history at its best."---R. David Edmunds, Utah Historical Quarterly

Book THE PUEBLO INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA

Download or read book THE PUEBLO INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA written by EDWARD P. DOZIER and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book People of Legend

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  • Publisher : Random House (NY)
  • Release : 1996
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 152 pages

Download or read book People of Legend written by and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1996 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Traditions that began ten thousand years ago have survived and remain vital in the lives of the descendants of these ancient people. People of Legend surveys the terrain inhabited by each of six principal tribal groups, relates their creation myths and the history of their conquest, and presents a portfolio of 87 stunning photographs of the landscapes and peoples in the heartland of Native America." "In southeastern Arizona, Annerino visits the Apache to photograph a coming-of-age ceremony in which a young girl is identified with White Shell Woman, the guardian spirit who watches over the tribe and protects its future. In the Sonoran desert of southwestern Arizona, an old Papago man points out ancient petroglyphs, familiar to him, uninterpretable to the anthropologist today. The Sierra Madre Mountains of northern Mexico are home to the Mountain Pima, where Indian men, their faces painted white, welcome the American photographer into their sacred ritual." "Further on the journey, a Hualapai guide takes Annerino down the Colorado, a trip the man's ancestors have taken for a thousand years. In the mesa country of northern Arizona, a Navajo elder reminisces about working for Army Intelligence during World War II. This cultural odyssey ends in the redrock country of New Mexico, home to Pueblo peoples such as the Zuni, Keresan, and Tewa, and the site of the largest traditional Gathering of Nations in the Southwest."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Book The North American Indians

Download or read book The North American Indians written by and published by New York : Cooper Square Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Hopi Way

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  • Author : Robert Boissiere
  • Publisher : Sunstone Press
  • Release : 1985
  • ISBN : 0865340552
  • Pages : 94 pages

Download or read book The Hopi Way written by Robert Boissiere and published by Sunstone Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From first-hand experience, the author tells of daily life among the Hopi Indians in Northern Arizona--their beliefs, rituals and Catcina (Kachina) ceremonies. The interaction and conflict between the Anglo and Indian cultures are presented from the viewpoint of the Hopi family. Robert Boissiere, born in Paris, France, came to the United States after World War II. A member of the French army, he was imprisoned in a Nazi prison camp from which he managed to escape and join a group of Basques in the Pyrenees. After moving to California, Boissiere found himself on an artistic and spiritual pilgrimage to the Hopi villages. There he was adopted by a Hopi family and became a participant in their cultural life. "The Hopi Way" is based on his experiences living as a Hopi. He is also the author of "Po Pai Mo," also from Sunstone Press.

Book The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo

Download or read book The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo written by Edward Proctor Hunt and published by Penguin Classics. This book was released on 2015-09-22 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Hailed by many as the most accessible of all epic narratives recounting a classic Pueblo Indian story of creation, migration, and ultimate residence, this version of the Acoma Pueblo creation myth offers a unique window into Pueblo Indian cosmology and its dramatic, ancient history. It reveals how one premodern society answered key existential questions and formed its guiding social, religious, and economic customs. In 1928 it was narrated by Edward Proctor Hunt, a Pueblo Indian man from the mesa-top village of Acoma, New Mexico, to Smithsonian Institution scholars. In this new edition, Peter Nabokov renders this important document into clear sequence, adds excerpted material from the original storytelling sessions, and explains the creation and roles of such central myths in American Indian cultures." -- Back of cover.

Book The Pueblo

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  • Author : Charlotte Yue
  • Publisher : Hmh School
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 9780153003622
  • Pages : 132 pages

Download or read book The Pueblo written by Charlotte Yue and published by Hmh School. This book was released on 1993 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the history, daily activities, construction of dwellings, and special relationship to the land of the Pueblo Indians.

Book Lughnasadh

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  • Author : Melanie Marquis
  • Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
  • Release : 2015-06-08
  • ISBN : 0738745219
  • Pages : 240 pages

Download or read book Lughnasadh written by Melanie Marquis and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lughnasadh—also known as Lammas—is the beginning of the harvest season, marking the point where the first fruit of the land has ripened. This guide to Lughnasadh shows you how to perform rituals and work magic around the gratitude we feel for plans that have come to fruition and explore themes of fertility, protection, and reflection. Rituals Recipes Lore Spells Divination Crafts Correspondences Invocations Prayers Meditations Llewellyn's Sabbat Essentials explore the old and new ways of celebrating the seasonal rites that are the cornerstones of the witch's year.

Book Professional Indian

Download or read book Professional Indian written by Michael Leroy Oberg and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2015-02-25 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in 1788, Eleazer Williams was raised in the Catholic Iroquois settlement of Kahnawake along the St. Lawrence River. According to some sources, he was the descendent of a Puritan minister whose daughter was taken by French and Mohawk raiders; in other tales he was the Lost Dauphin, second son to Louis XVI of France. Williams achieved regional renown as a missionary to the Oneida Indians in central New York; he was also instrumental in their removal, allying with white federal officials and the Ogden Land Company to persuade Oneidas to relocate to Wisconsin. Williams accompanied them himself, making plans to minister to the transplanted Oneidas, but he left the community and his young family for long stretches of time. A fabulist and sometime confidence man, Eleazer Williams is notoriously difficult to comprehend: his own record is complicated with stories he created for different audiences. But for author Michael Leroy Oberg, he is an icon of the self-fashioning and protean identity practiced by native peoples who lived or worked close to the centers of Anglo-American power. Professional Indian follows Eleazer Williams on this odyssey across the early American republic and through the shifting spheres of the Iroquois in an era of dispossession. Oberg describes Williams as a "professional Indian," who cultivated many political interests and personas in order to survive during a time of shrinking options for native peoples. He was not alone: as Oberg shows, many Indians became missionaries and settlers and played a vital role in westward expansion. As a larger-than-life biography of Eleazer Williams, Professional Indian uncovers how Indians fought for place and agency in a world that was rapidly trying to erase them.

Book Indians in the Americas

Download or read book Indians in the Americas written by William Marder and published by Book Tree. This book was released on 2005 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many books over the years have promised to tell the true story of the Native American Indians. Many, however, have been filled with misinformation or derogatory views. Finally here is a book that the Native American can believe in. This well researched book tells the true story of Native American accomplishments, challenges and struggles and is a gold mine for the serious researcher. It includes extensive notes to the text and over 500 photographs and illustrations -- many that have never before been published. The author, after 20 years of research, has attempted to provide the world with the most truthful and accurate portrayal of the Native American Indians. Every serious researcher and Native American family should have this ground-breaking book.