Truth of a Hopi: Stories Relating to the Origin, Myths and Clan Histories of the Hopi - Couverture rigide

Nequatewa, Edmund

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1604590327 ISBN 13 : 9781604590326

Editeur : A & D Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This is one of the rarest types of ethnographic documents, one actually written by a native American. Mr. Nequatewa ably relates some of the mythological stories also covered by Voth. However, the bulk of this book--by far the most valuable section--covers the historical legends of the Hopi, from a Hopi viewpoint. The Hopi 'theory' (Nequatewa's word) was that the 'Bahana' (the white people) emerged from the under-world alongside the Hopi, and went off in search of the truth. Someday they would return and live in harmony with the Hopi, bringing wisdom and great abundance.

So what is the truth of a Hopi? The return of the Bahana didn't work out quite that way. The Hopi resisted enculturation, sometimes through armed resistance, at other times through nonviolent resistance (as when they hide the children from the policeman coming to take them to the boarding schools). However, all the while they apparently kept their good natured belief that someday their ironic 'theory' of the inherent goodness of the whites would work out. (Quote from sacred-texts.com)

About the Author

Pliny Earle Goddard (1869 - 1928)
An ethnologist and linguist of American Indian languages. (Quote from (Quote from (Quote from (Quote from (Quote from (Quote from wikisource.org))))))

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: A & D Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1604590327
• ISBN 13: 9781604590326
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 112
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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