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Desert Indian woman : stories and dreams /

Basket weaver, storyteller, and tribal elder, Frances Manuel is a living preserver of Tohono O'odham culture. Speaking to anthropologist Deborah Neff, who has known her for over twenty years, she tells of O'odham culture and society and of the fortunes and misfortunes of Native Americans i...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Manuel, Frances Sallie, 1912-
Other Authors: Neff, Deborah Lyn, 1954-
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, ©2001.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. S-koksonagk (Many Pack Rats), 1913-1930: Growing Up. 1. Simple Things. 2. Spring Spinach. 3. Met My Womanhood
  • pt. II. San Pedro to Tucson: Marriage and Family, 1941-1981. 4. San Pedro, 1931-1941. 5. The Bad Year: Tucson, 1941. 6. Alone
  • pt. III. Homecoming: San Pedro, 1981-Present. 7. Getting Used To It. 8. Lucious. 9. The Owl Sickness. 10. Lorenzo: Horses and Song. 11. Making Baskets
  • pt. IV. God and I'itoi: Speeches from the Heart. 12. Christianity. 13. The Church at San Pedro. 14. My Saints. 15. Modern Medicine People
  • pt. V. Reflections: Things That Connect. 16. I'm Not Sewing, Just Telling Stories. 17. Murder My Dreams ... 18. A Lot of Things We Don't Know About. 19. I'm Not Really So Good!