The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo by Edward Proctor Hunt

The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo by Edward Proctor Hunt

This is the account of Edward Proctor Hunt, a Pueblo Indian Native American member of many secret societies, who in 1928 broke with his people's social and religious codes to recite the origin myth of the Acoma Indians to scholars. Recounting a classic Native American story of creation, migration and residence, this myth offers a unique window into indigenous cosmology and ancient history, revealing how a pre-modern society addressed existential questions and formed its own narrative of the world. This edition includes an introduction and notes by Peter Nabokov.

Those wishing to understand the embattled Indian religion, and its profound relationship to the earth, won't find a better guide than Nabokov * San Francisco Chronicle *

Peter Nabokov is a professor of World Arts and Cultures and American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. An acclaimed scholar of Native American history, he is the author of Where the Lightning Strikes and edited the volume Native American Testimony.

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ISBN 13	9780143106050
ISBN 10	0143106058
Title	The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo
Author	Edward Proctor Hunt
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2015-12-03
Number of pages	224
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