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Title: Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters, Oswald White Bear Fredericks ISBN: 0-14-004527-9 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: June, 1977 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Very helpful
Comment: The descriptions of Hopi religious practice and folklore are beautiful. Read this book before visiting ANY native American community.
Rating: 5
Summary: Comprehensive and enjoyable
Comment: I truly enjoyed my time reading Book of the Hopi. It is low on cutesy Native "folk tales" and packed with actual information about Hopi clans, ritual, and migratory history. It walks you step-by-step through a series of ceremonies in striking detail.
I admit that I found Frank Waters writing style to be clinical at times, but the information he is presenting was interesting enough to overlook this.
By the time you are done with this book, I imagine there is very little you won't know about the Hopi.
Rating: 5
Summary: Perhaps the Most Complete Compendium of Hopi Information
Comment: Frank Waters' excellent BOOK OF THE HOPI is probably the most complete collection of Hopi stories, language, rituals, and photographs in one place. Waters wrote this book with assistance from thirty-two Hopi elders back in 1963. Much time has passed since then, and while the way of the Hopi remains mostly unchanged, access to their sacred ceremonies and rituals has been greatly reduced in the last several decades.
While BOOK OF THE HOPI was written through the eyes and ears of an outsider, it contains much of the spirit of the Hopi, and countless fascinating insights. One such example is the explanation of how one sacred ceremony (the Ya Ya) was profaned and is no longer performed, since much of its powers were taken for evil. "When you receive a wonderful power and use it for evil you lose the power. You have to use it for good to keep it."
I love the richness of information contained in this little book: symbols, the tablets of the clans, a glossary of Hopi words, thrilling tales about the creation of the worlds, and detailed descriptions of sacred objects such as the Paho (prayer-feather). This attention to detail is marvelous, but it's the heart of BOOK OF THE HOPI that makes me feel at home with the Hopi and at one with their spirit.
I give this book my highest recommendation.
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Title: The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians As Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions by Harold Courlander, Enrico Arno ISBN: 0826310117 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: October, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Hopi Survival Kit by Thomas E. Mails ISBN: 0140195459 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: July, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Pumpkin Seed Point: Being Within the Hopi by Frank Waters ISBN: 0804006350 Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: December, 1973 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Hopi by Susanne/Jake Page ISBN: 0810981270 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $29.98 |
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Title: Hopi Kachina Dolls: With a Key to Their Identification by Harold S. Colton ISBN: 0826301800 Publisher: University of New Mexico Press Pub. Date: December, 1979 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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