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Date of this Version
9-29-2008
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Book
Abstract
Contents
EDITOR’S NOTE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE: Edna Glenn, Texas Tech University and John R. Wunder, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
COMMENTARY I: CELEBRATION: Edna Glenn
1 THE HOPI NATION IN 1980: “It is a time to recall and to revitalize the good things of Hopi life and to celebrate Hopism.” Abbott Sekaquaptewa, Chairman, Hopi Tribal Council
EXEMPLARY ARTS: SECTION A — Subject: Concepts of Emergence and Migration: Edna Glenn
2 HOPI MESAS AND MIGRATIONS: LAND AND PEOPLE: “Here among the sandstone mesas you will find the Hopis. ‘Among them we settled as rain....’” Lomawywesa (Michael Kabotie), Hopi Cultural Center and Museum, Second Mesa
EXEMPLARY ARTS: SECTION B — Subject: Corn as Life Essence: Edna Glenn
3 THE HOPI WAY: ART AS LIFE, SYMBOL, AND CEREMONY: “As artists, we try to document every aspect of Hopi life. We know the Hopi way; we live it, we can taste, we can see, and we can smell Hopi.” Honvantewa (Terrance Talaswaima), Hopi Cultural Center and Museum, Second Mesa
EXEMPLARY ARTS: SECTION C — Subject: Ceremony - Ancient and Contemporary Images: Edna Glenn
EXEMPLARY ARTS: SECTION D — Subject: Contemporary Arts and Crafts: Edna Glenn
COMMENTARY II: CEREMONY: Edna Glenn
4 HOPI KACHINAS: A LIFE FORCE: “Everything has an essence or life force, and humans must interact with these or fail to survive.” Barton Wright , Museum of Man, San Diego
EXEMPLARY ARTS: SECTION E — Subject: Kachinas: Edna Glenn
5 HOPI SOCIAL STRUCTURE AS RELATED TO TIHU SYMBOLISM: “Life is the highest good; in an environment where survival requires constant effort, . . . the richest blessing is abundance of food and children.” Alice Schlegel, University of Arizona
6 CONTEMPORARY HOPI COURTS AND LAW: “We believe we are ‘at the center’ and this gives us a very secure feeling about where we are, where we have been, and what we are going to do.” Piestewa (Robert H. Ames), Chief Judge, Hopi Tribal Trial Court
7 THE ENDURING HOPI: “What then is the meaning of the tricentennial observance? It is a reaffirmation of continuity and hope for the collective Hopi future.” Peter Iverson, Arizona State University
COMMENTARY III: CHALLENGE: Edna Glenn
HOPI ESSENCE: SELF-PORTRAIT AND POEM: Lomawywesa (Michael Kabotie)
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Text copyright © 2008 the Estates of Edna Glenn, Willard Hughes Rollings, and Abbott Sekaquaptewa, and Barton Wright, Michael Kabotie, Terrance Talaswaima, Alice Schlegel, Robert H. Ames, Peter Iverson, and John R. Wunder. All images and artwork copyright by the individual artists; for a listing see pages 9-14.
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