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By Frank Waters. Contains fascinating historical and mythical material on the Hopi. Part One is the Myths, Creation of the Four Worlds. Part Two is the Legends: The migrations of the clans on this, the fourth world, and how each village was settled and how the clans were formed. Part Three covers the Mystery Plays, the ceremonial cycle of Hopi life. Part Four is the History: The Lost White Brother. It details the Hopi contact with Europeans; especially the Castillas (Spanish). Various clashes between native and incoming cultures are described, as well as clashes between traditional-thinking and progressive Hopi, right up into the 1960s when the book was first published. Softcover; 384 pages.
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