Record details

• ISBN: 0873583868
• ISBN: 9780873583862
• Physical Description: viii, 118 pages : illustrations ; 20 x 23 cm.
• Publisher: Flagstaff, Ariz. : Northland Pub. in cooperation with the Museum of Northern Arizona, [1990?], c1967.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Originally published by the Museum of Northern Arizona in 1936 as Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin No. 8."

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-118).

Formatted Contents Note:

Truth of a Hopi : How the people came out of the Underworld -- Masauwu -- How the mocking bird gave the people many languages -- The Hopi decide to seek a new home ; How certain clans received their names -- How the Hopi selected Shung-opovi, for their home -- How the Crow Clan arrived and settled at Mishongnovi -- How a family quarrel led to the founding of Oraibi -- How the Spaniards came to Shung-opovi ; How they built a mission and how the Hopis destroyed the mission -- Return of the Spaniards to Hopi country ; Shipaulovi founded as a sanctuary -- The return of the Bahana (the white man) -- How the Hopi marked the boundary line between their country and that of the Navajo -- How some Hopis resisted sending their children to school and the trouble that resulted -- How Hotevilla and Bakabi were founded -- Youkioma -- How the Crow Clan became also the Kachina Clan -- The legend of Palotquopi -- Yaponcha, the Wind God -- The Kana-a kachinas of Sunset Crater -- The ladder dance at Old Shung-opovi -- The ladder dance at Pivahonkiapi -- Dr. Fewkes and Masauwu.

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Hopi Indians > Legends.
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Indians of North America > Arizona > Folklore.