The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo : Penguin Classics - Edward Proctor Hunt

The Origin Myth of Acoma Pueblo

Penguin Classics

By: Edward Proctor Hunt

Paperback | 28 January 2015 | Edition Number 1

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This is the account of Edward Proctor Hunt, a Pueblo Indian Native American member of many secret societies, who in 1928 broke with his people's social and religious codes to recite the origin myth of the Acoma Indians to scholars.

Recounting a classic Native American story of creation, migration and residence, this myth offers a unique window into indigenous cosmology and ancient history, revealing how a pre-modern society addressed existential questions and formed its own narrative of the world.

This edition includes an introduction and notes by Peter Nabokov.

About the Author

Peter Nabokov is a professor of World Arts and Cultures and American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. An acclaimed scholar of Native American history, he is the author of Where the Lightning Strikes and edited the volume Native American Testimony.
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Those wishing to understand the embattled Indian religion, and its profound relationship to the earth, won't find a better guide than Nabokov * San Francisco Chronicle *

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