Author: Simmons, Leo W., edited by, foreword by Robert V. Hine,
Title: Sun Chief: the autobiography of a Hopi Indian.
Description: New Haven, Yale Univ. Press, (1966). 6th ptg. Fair PB. Don C. Talayesva of Oroibi, Arizona, the Sun Chief was reared until he was ten as a Hopi Indian, and then trained until 20. to be an Arizona citizen. Although torn between two worlds he returned to Hopiland, renounced Christianity, entered into tribal adulthood, joined secret societies, and worshipped the rain gods in elaborate rituals and dances. For Lee Simmons, a white man who wrote the story of his life in all its extraordinary detail, Dr. Simmons prepared this story for publication and has added a valuable introduction, supplemented and brought upt to date by Robert V. Hine. Damp stain to entire spine.

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