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EDITOR’S NOTE
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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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Publication Date
2008
Publisher
Zea Books
City
Lincoln, Nebraska
Recommended Citation
Glenn, Edna; Wunder, John R.; Rollings, Willard Hughes; and Martin, C. L., "Hopi Nation: Essays on Indigenous Art, Culture, History, and Law" (2008). Zea E-Books Collection. 11.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/zeabook/11
