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Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest and Northern Mexico

by: Thomas E. Sheridan; Nancy J. Parezo

Paths of Life: American Indians of the Southwest and Northern Mexico

by: Thomas E. Sheridan; Nancy J. Parezo

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9780816515493
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0816515492
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 01/01/1996
Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS
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Within these pages are living portraits of fifteen Native American groups of Arizona and northern Mexico. Literally and figuratively, the paths they walk are the same paths walked by their ancestors, going back hundreds and even thousands of years.

List of Plates
List of Figures
Foreword
Introduction
The Dine (Navajos): Sheep Is Life	p. 3
Creation Story: The Gathering of the Clans	p. 5
Navajo Weaving	p. 20
Learning to Be Navajo	p. 24
The Yoemem (Yaquis): An Enduring People	p. 35
The Yoremem (Mayos)	p. 41
Yaqui and Mayo Pahkola/Pahkora Masks	p. 50
The Inde (Western Apaches): The People of the Mountains	p. 61
Apache Creation Story: The Things Legends Are Made Of	p. 64
The Chiricahua Apaches	p. 70
The Havasupais, Hualapais, and Yavapais: The Great Creator Has Given Us This Country	p. 91
How to Weave a Basket	p. 96
Lucille J. Watahomigie: Scholar and Educator	p. 111
The O'odham (Pimas and Papagos): The World Would Burn Without Rain	p. 115
The Wi:gida Ceremony	p. 124
Diet and Diabetes among the O'odham	p. 130
The Raramuri (Tarahumaras): When We Walk in Circles	p. 141
The Raramuri and the Leadville Trail 100	p. 144
The Railroad and the Tourists	p. 159
The Ningwi (Southern Paiutes): The People of the Northwestern Frontier	p. 163
Southern Paiute Baskets	p. 170
Marking the Traditional Landscape	p. 175
"The Navajo Wedding Basket"	p. 183
The Comcaac (Seris): People of the Desert and Sea	p. 187
Seri Ironwood Carving	p. 204
Seri Santos	p. 206
The Colorado River Yumans: Relations on the River	p. 213
Dreaming for Power	p. 215
The Cocopa Game of Peon	p. 233
The Hopis: Hopivotskwani, the Hopi Path of Life	p. 237
Emergence to the Fourth World	p. 240
The Homol'ovi Ruins of Northeastern Arizona	p. 244
Women's Roles: The Heart of Hopi Society	p. 248
References and Suggested Readings	p. 267
Contributors	p. 281
Plate and Figure Credits	p. 285
Index	p. 291
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