Pueblo and Navajo Indian Life Today

By Kris Hotvedt

Book Overview

This collection represents a segment of the lives of the Navajo and Pueblo people of the American Southwest-two diverse groups who are an important part of American culture today. Each year thousands of visitors from all over the world attend their various ceremonial dances and events and many arrive with a knowledge and understanding of these happenings. For others, these are totally new experiences and a door is opened to unfamiliar ways of life, customs, traditions, and beliefs that have existed for hundreds and sometimes thousands of years, long before this country was called America. The "American-Indian Quarterly" said that "this text promotes the same kind of browsing magazines invite. Come to these gatherings and stroll, it seems to imply on page after page; at your leisure learn to appreciate how feasting and singing merge with dancing and storytelling."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865342040
• ISBN13: 9780865342040
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Life on the Reservation

I enjoyed both the art work and the text in this short but well-written book. It certainly gives an outsider real information about the lives of Indians living on the reservation today. MS Hotvedt is able to convey in her block prints something of what the dances and traditions must mean to these people. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in contemporary Indian life.

WONDERFUL WOODCUTS!

These wonderful woodcuts and related text take the reader into a world vastly different from mainstream culture. The images are taken from Kris Hotvedt's own experiences as she partakes in Pueblo and Navajo life. Owning several of the actual color woodcuts depicted in the book has given our family great pleasure. We especially love "The Coming of the Rivermen" (Cochiti Pueblo), a tradition not observed in any other New Mexico pueblo. This book is a highly recommended look at Pueblo and Navajo traditons as they are still practiced today.

A Peek at Pueblo and Navajo Life

A wonderful little book featuring original woodcuts, by the author, along with informative text explaining each illustration.One greatly appealing aspect of this book is its simplistic depiction of Pueblo and Navajo life. It is an ideal learning tool for adults and children alike.