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Mesa of sorrows, a history of the Awat'ovi massacre, James F. Brooks

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Mesa of sorrows, a history of the Awat'ovi massacre, James F. Brooks

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mesa of sorrows

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

909974324

Responsibility statement

James F. Brooks

Sub title

a history of the Awat'ovi massacre

Summary

The Hopi community of Awat'ovi existed peacefully on Arizona's Antelope Mesa for generations. Then one bleak morning in the fall of 1700 raiders from nearby Hopi villages descended on Awat'ovi, slaughtering their neighboring men, women, and children. Why did kinsmen target it for destruction? Drawing on oral traditions, archival accounts, and extensive archaeological research, Brooks unravels the story and its significance, and argues that a perfect storm of internal and external crises revitalized an ancient cycle of ritual bloodshed and purification

Table Of Contents

November 1700: The gate unguarded -- The sorcerer's kiva -- The singing house -- Wolves from the east -- At play in the fields of the Lord -- You will find me poor, while you return in the grandeur of plenty -- Across this deep and troubled land -- Liminal men, liminal souls -- At the moment of the yellow dawn

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History of the Awat'ovi massacre

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