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As readers of Tony Hillerman's detective novels know, he is a skilled interpreter of southwestern Indian cultures. In this book, first published in 1972, he recounts a Zuni myth first recorded a century ago by the anthropologist Frank Hamilton Cushing. Hillerman's version of the story, written to be read by children ten years old and up, will have equal appeal for adults with an interest in Native American culture.
"In our society," Hillerman
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Time Circle volume 2
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Kwani, the spiritual guide of the Anasazi tribes, her mate, and her son return to the home of her husband, Tolonqua.
6) The Zunis
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Pub. Date
c1998
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IL: LG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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Text and photographs examine the history, religion, social structure, and daily life of the Zuni Indians, one of the groups of Pueblo Indians living in New Mexico.
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[1993]
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The Zuni have traditionally used small stone carvings of animal figures as power objects and mediators between the Zunis and the spirit world. Zuni Fetishes describes key fetish figures and details how to use fetishes for meditation, reflection, and insight in modern life.
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"The ancient settlement of Zuni Pueblo has seen many visitors over the centuries, from Spanish conquistadors to tourists from around the world. For more than a century, it has also drawn great attention from anthropologists, three of whom - Matilda Coxe Stevenson, Frank Hamilton Cushing, and Stewart Culin - brought remarkably different views of the Zuni people to the professional literature. In this study, historian Eliza McFeely considers the work...
10) The Zuni Indians
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Pub. Date
[1970]
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Brief sketches of the everyday life of the Zuni.
13) The Zuni
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Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Examines the history, religion, social structure, and daily life of the Zuni Indians who live in New Mexico.
16) The Zuni
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2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
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An exploration of the Zuni Indians, discussing their history, beliefs, modern difficulties, and more.
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Pecos Pueblo--once one of the largest and most powerful of the Pueblo city-states--lay at the crossroads of Indian trading routes, Spanish expeditions, and the Santa Fe trail. In this account, the history of people and events at Pecos comes alive in an engaging narrative based on a meticulous study of original sources. Summarizing the prehistory of the Pueblo, Kessell concentrates on the period of Spanish domination of the community known to Europeans...
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