Navajo Blessingway singer : the autobiography of Frank Mitchell, 1881-1967

Author(s)

• Mitchell, Frank
• Frisbie, Charlotte Johnson
• McAllester, David Park

Bibliographic Information

Navajo Blessingway singer : the autobiography of Frank Mitchell, 1881-1967

edited by Charlotte J. Frisbie and David P. McAllester

University of Arizona Press, c1978

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 406-418

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Fascinating life story of an American Indian ceremonial singer. Includes a full account of the Blessingway rite, the central ceremony of traditional Navajo religion, and a wealth of information on Navajo philosophy and religious practice.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA90855870
• ISBN:
  • 0816505683
• LCCN: 77075661
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Tucson
• Pages/Volumes: x, 446 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E99.N3
  • DC : 784.7/51/0924
  • DC : B
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mitchell, Frank, 1881-1967
  • LCSH : Navajo Indians -- Biography
  • LCSH : Navajo Indians -- Religion
  • LCSH : Blessingway (Navajo rite)