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Born a Chief: The Nineteenth Century Hopi Boyhood of Edmund Nequatewa, as told to Alfred F. Whiting

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P. David Seaman, A. F. Whiting, Edmund Nequatewa
2019
Published by: University of Arizona Press
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"Extraordinary memoir. . . . His story will break your heart."—El Palacio

"This story was fascinating. . . . One worth the telling and one which will stay with the reader."—American Desert Magazine

"Recommended."—Choice

Table of Contents

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Cover

01_Halftitle_Page

pp. i-i

Frontispiece

pp. ii-ii

Title Page

pp. iii-iii

Copyright

pp. iv-iv

Dedication

pp. v-v

Contents

pp. vii-viii

List of Figures

pp. ix-ix

Foreword

pp. xi-xii

Acknowledgments

pp. xiii-xiv

Introduction

pp. xv-xxvi

Autobiography

pp. 1-1

1. Kachina

pp. 3-12

2. Born a Chief

pp. 13-18

3. Growing and Building in Mishongnovi

pp. 19-27

4. Initiation at Shipaulovi

pp. 28-33

5. Life at Shipaulovi

pp. 34-55

6. More Moves Between Villages

pp. 56-62

7. Experiencing Hopi Beliefs

pp. 63-81

8. At Keams Canyon School

pp. 82-109

9. School in Phoenix

pp. 110-124

10. The Runaways

pp. 125-152

11. The Scholar Returns Home

pp. 153-163

12. The Boy Becomes a Man

pp. 164-176

Reference Materials

pp. 177-177

Bibliography

pp. 179-188

Index

pp. 189-193

About the Editor

pp. 195-195
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