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Roads in the sky : the Hopi Indians in a century of change

Author: Richard O Clemmer
Publisher: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1995.
Series: Conflict and social change series.
Edition/Format:   Book : English
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Despite one hundred years under the dominant American culture, Hopi culture today maintains continuity with its aboriginal roots, while reflecting the impact of the twentieth century. A compelling study of "fourth worlders" coping with a powerful nation-state, this book depicts Hopi social organization, economy, religion, and politics as well as key events in the history of Hopi-U.S. relations. Hopis have used their  Read more...
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Clemmer, Richard O.
Roads in the sky.
Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1995
(OCoLC)623523472
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Richard O Clemmer
ISBN: 0813385385 9780813385389 0813325110 9780813325118
OCLC Number: 32499447
Description: xiv, 377 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Hopi Prophecy, the World System, and Modernization --
2. An Introduction to Hopi Society and Material Conditions --
3. Spaniards, Navajos, Mormons: 1540-1875 --
4. Hopi Culture on the Edge of the Twentieth Century --
5. The Oraibi Split of 1906 and the Great Transformation --
6. Reorganization: 1910-1945 --
7. The Rise of the Traditionalists: 1946-1977 --
8. Mineral Leasing, 1961-1989 --
9. The Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute: 1958-1993 --
10. Repatriation: The Present, the Future, and Beyond --
11. Conclusion: Hopi Society, the World System, and Modernization.
Series Title: Conflict and social change series.
Responsibility: Richard O. Clemmer.
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Despite one hundred years under the dominant American culture, Hopi culture today maintains continuity with its aboriginal roots, while reflecting the impact of the twentieth century. A compelling study of "fourth worlders" coping with a powerful nation-state, this book depicts Hopi social organization, economy, religion, and politics as well as key events in the history of Hopi-U.S. relations. Hopis have used their culture and their sociopolitical structures to deal with change. Clemmer focuses on six major events in Hopi history: a factionalist schism that split the largest Hopi village, Oraibi, into three villages; the impact of the federal Indian Reorganization Act of 1934; the rise of a political movement known as "traditionalism"; the story behind far-reaching oil and coal leases of the 1960s; the Hopi-Navajo land dispute; and the disappearance of ceremonial objects into private collections and museums.

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