Matilda Coxe Stevenson

Matilda Coxe Stevenson PDF Author: Darlis A. Miller
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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A woman in a man's world among the Pueblos of the Southwest

Matilda Coxe Stevenson

Matilda Coxe Stevenson PDF Author: Darlis A. Miller
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806138329
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332

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A woman in a man's world among the Pueblos of the Southwest

The Sia

The Sia PDF Author: Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Publisher:
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Category : Zia Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 926

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The Zuni Indians

The Zuni Indians PDF Author: Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015523456
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Zuni Man-woman

The Zuni Man-woman PDF Author: Will Roscoe
Publisher: UNM Press
ISBN: 9780826313706
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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The life of We'wha (1849-96), the Zuni who was perhaps the most famous berdache (an individual who combined the work and traits of both men and women) in American Indian history.

Bernardino de Sahagun

Bernardino de Sahagun PDF Author: Miguel Leon-Portilla
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806181346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to “detect the sickness of idolatry,” but Bernardino de Sahagún (c. 1499-1590) instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. The Franciscan monk developed a deep appreciation for Aztec culture and the Nahuatl language. In this biography, Miguel León-Portilla presents the life story of a fascinating man who came to Mexico intent on changing the traditions and cultures he encountered but instead ended up working to preserve them, even at the cost of persecution. Sahagún was responsible for documenting numerous ancient texts and other native testimonies. He persevered in his efforts to study the native Aztecs until he had developed his own research methodology, becoming a pioneer of anthropology. Sahagún formed a school of Nahua scribes and labored with them for more than sixty years to transcribe the pre-conquest language and culture of the Nahuas. His rich legacy, our most comprehensive account of the Aztecs, is contained in his Primeros Memoriales (1561) and Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España (1577). Near the end of his life at age 91, Sahagún became so protective of the Aztecs that when he died, his former Indian students and many others felt deeply affected. Translated into English by Mauricio J. Mixco, León-Portilla’s absorbing account presents Sahagún as a complex individual–a man of his times yet a pioneer in many ways.

Best of Covered Wagon Women

Best of Covered Wagon Women PDF Author: Kenneth L. Holmes
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806183020
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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The diaries and letters of women on the overland trails in the mid- to late nineteenth century are treasured documents. These eleven selections drawn from the multivolume Covered Wagon Women series present the best first-person trail accounts penned by women in their teens who traveled west between 1846 and 1898. Ranging in age from eleven to nineteen, unmarried and without children of their own, these diarists had experiences different from those of older women who carried heavier responsibilities with them on the trail. These letters and diaries reflect both the unique perspective of youthful optimism and the experiences common among all female emigrants. The young women write of friendship and family, trail hardships, and explorations such as visits to Indian gravesites. Some like Sallie Hester even write of enjoying the company of men, and many speculate about marriage prospects. Domestic roles did not define the girls’ trail experience; only the four oldest in this collection recorded helping with chores. As they journey through Indian lands, these writers show that even their youth did not prevent them from holding notions of white racial superiority. Two of the selections are newly published, having appeared only in limited-distribution collector’s editions of the original series. For all readers captivated by the first Best of Covered Wagon Women collection, this new volume’s focus on youthful travelers adds a fresh perspective to life on the trail.

Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits

Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits PDF Author: Chip Colwell
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022668444X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 357

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"A fascinating account of both the historical and current struggle of Native Americans to recover sacred objects that have been plundered and sold to museums. Museum curator and anthropologist Chip Colwell asks the all-important question: Who owns the past? Museums that care for the objects of history or the communities whose ancestors made them?"--Provided by the publisher

The Religious Life of the Zun̄i Child

The Religious Life of the Zun̄i Child PDF Author: Matilda Coxe Stevenson
Publisher:
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Category : Indian children
Languages : en
Pages : 700

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A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains PDF Author: Isabella Lucy Bird
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806113289
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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Women were scarce enough in the West of the late nineteenth century, and a middle-aged English lady traveling alone, by horseback, was a real phenomenon. It was during the autumn and early winter of 1873 that Isabella Bird made this extended tour of the Rocky Mountain area of Colorado guided by desperado Mountain Jim. This book contains letters to her sister detailing her experiences during this travel. -- from back cover

Zuni and the American Imagination

Zuni and the American Imagination PDF Author: Eliza McFeely
Publisher: Hill & Wang
ISBN: 9780809016297
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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The Zuni society existed for centuries before there was a United States, and it still exists in its New Mexico desert pueblo. In 1879, three anthropologists--Matilda Stevenson, Frank Hamilton Cushing, and Stewart Culin--came to study Zuni and, fearing it might be destroyed, to salvage what they could of its tangible culture. Though their methods are now disparaged and ignored, their work vividly imprinted Zuni on the American imagination. The complex relationship between the Zuni as they were and are, and as they were imagined by these three remarkable, eccentric pioneers, is at the heart of Eliza McFeely's important book. Stevenson, Cushing, and Culin found professional and psychological satisfaction in submerging themselves in an alien world and in displaying Zuni artifacts in America's new museums and exhibit halls. McFeely puts their intellectual and personal adventures into perspective; she enlightens us about America, about the Zuni, and about how we understand each other.