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Havasupai Habitat
A. F. Whiting's Ethnography of a Traditional Indian CultureA. F. Whiting; Edited by Steven A. Weber and P. David Seaman
University of Arizona Press, 1985
The Havasupai Indians have lived for centuries in Cataract Canyon, and even came to be confined there by treaty. When anthopologist Alfred F. Whiting set out to study the Havasupai in the early 1940s, he found a culture that in many aspect remained unchanged. In Havasupai Habitat editors Weber and Seaman have distilled Whiting's ethnographic research. Part I comprises ten thematic chapters dealing with various aspects of culture, such as hunting and gathering, child care, housing, and religion. Part II offers a systematic presentation of Havasupai knowledge of weather and astronomy, minerals, animals, and plants; and for each item listed, Whiting has provided scientific and common English terminology, phonetic spelling, and a description of usage.
Published in 1985, Havasupai Habitat offers a rich ethnography on lifeways of the Havasupai people.
Published in 1985, Havasupai Habitat offers a rich ethnography on lifeways of the Havasupai people.
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Havasupai Legends
Religion and Mythology of the Havasupai Indians of the Grand CanyonRobert C Euler
University of Utah Press, 1994
For almost seven hundred years, the Havasupai Indians, who call themselves People of the Blue Water, have lived in an area that includes the depths of the western Grand Canyon and the heights of the San Francisco Peaks. Here they inhabited the greatest altitude variation of any Indians in Southwestern America.
Written in consultation with some of the last Havasupai shamans, this book details their religious beliefs, customs, and healing practices. A second section presents legends of the Havasupai origin, the first people, and tales of Coyote, Gila Monster, Bear, and others.
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People of the Blue Water
A Record of Life Among the Walapai and Havasupai IndiansFlora Gregg Iliff
University of Arizona Press, 1985
"Flora Gregg left her Oklahoma home in 1900, answering a call for teachers on an Indian reservation in northern Arizona. . . . Her book . . . is a simple but strangely moving document. She is good at description and a keen observer of people and customs."—Journal of Arizona History
"Gives a vivid picture, not only of tribal peoples in transition, but of the motives and methods of a dedicated, compassionate teacher in an era of forced Indian assimilation."—Books of the Southwest
"Delightful reading about an exotic life in a stupendous natural setting."—New York Times
"Gives a vivid picture, not only of tribal peoples in transition, but of the motives and methods of a dedicated, compassionate teacher in an era of forced Indian assimilation."—Books of the Southwest
"Delightful reading about an exotic life in a stupendous natural setting."—New York Times
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