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For many centuries the Hopi people have preserved their traditional and very private way of life. But in 1974 Hopi elders, together with the Tribal Council, invited photographer Susanne Page and her husband, author Jake Page, to chronicle the world of the Hopi - which is usually closed to outsiders, and particularly to photographers. Since that unprecedented invitation, the Pages have visited the Hopi land and people dozens of times and produced this...
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The story of an Indian returning to his reservation, his people and the tribal way of life, is stirringly told. Jim Telastewa, back from a tour of duty with the Navy, was faced with a tremendous descision: Was he to be a Red Man in a White Man's world, or, after having tasted the delicious, heady wine of complete freedom in the mordern world, was he to return to the kiva, the mud hogan, there to live out his life.
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"In the Truth of a Hopi, Edmund Nequatewa relates the Hopis' myths, legends, belief systems, and oral history. Nequatewa's writings give us a glimpse into the psyche of the Hopi in the way that only a Hopi could. Here you will find not only the traditional oral histories, but stories of how the Hopi resisted sending their children away to enforced boarding schools. A fascinating view of a subtle people"--provided by publisher.
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