Book description
An energetic Hopi woman emerges from a traditional family background to embrace the more conventional way of life in American today. Enchanting and enlightening a rare piece of primary source anthropology.
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I found this to be an authentic voice of a Hopi girl and woman. SheĀ tells of her journey from village to boarding school and beyond intoĀ the mainstream culture. It is highly descriptive of traditional HopiĀ daily life activities. But, on a deeper level, it reveals theĀ authentic emotions of a young Hopi woman who comes to see the value toĀ be found in both worlds while enduring the heartache of not belongingĀ wholly to either one.
What I learned from my research is that, forĀ some, the boarding school experience was irredeemably destructive. ForĀ others, like Sekaquaptewa, itā¦
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