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Sun Chief: The Autobiography of a Hopi Indian

of Don C. Talayesva, Robert V. Hine, Leo W. Simmons

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The story of Don C. Talayesva, the Sun Chief, who was born and reared until the age of ten as a Hopi Indian, and then trained as a white man until he was twenty. Although torn between two worlds and cultures, he returned to Hopiland and readopted all the tribal customs. This is his autobiography, written for Leo Simmons, a white man who was a clan brother.

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  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 488 pages
  • Publisher Yale University Press
  • Publication Date September 10th 1963
  • First Publication 11/06/45
  • Language English
  • ISBN 9780300002270
  • Edition Not informed
  • Category History & Politics
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