Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian
by Leo W. Simmons, Don C. Talayesva
The story of Don C. Talayesva, the Sun Chief, who was born and reared until the age of ten as a Hopi Indian, and then trained as a white man until he was twenty. Although torn between two worlds and cultures, he returned to Hopiland and readopted all the tribal customs. This is his autobiography, written for Leo Simmons, a white man who was a clan brother.See more details below
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The story of Don C. Talayesva, the Sun Chief, who was born and reared until the age of ten as a Hopi Indian, and then trained as a white man until he was twenty. Although torn between two worlds and cultures, he returned to Hopiland and readopted all the tribal customs. This is his autobiography, written for Leo Simmons, a white man who was a clan brother.
Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780300002270
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- Publication date:
- 09/28/1963
- Series:
- The Lamar Series in Western History
- Edition description:
- Older Edition
- Pages:
- 488
- Sales rank:
- 1,000,027
- Product dimensions:
- 5.20(w) x 8.05(h) x 1.03(d)
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