The origin myth of Acoma Pueblo

Author(s)

    • Hunt, Edward Proctor
    • Hunt, Henry Wayne Wolf Robe
    • Hunt, Wilbert Edward Blue Sky Eagle

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The origin myth of Acoma Pueblo

Edward Proctor Hunt ; translated by Henry Wayne Wolf Robe Hunt and Wilbert Edward Blue Sky Eagle Hunt ; edited by Matthew W. Stirling ... [et al.] ; introduction by Peter Nabokov

（Penguin classics）（Penguin books, . History/Native American studies）

Penguin, 2015

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Origin myth of Acoma and other records

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"First published in the United States of America under the title Origin myth of Acoma and other records by Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology 1942"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185)

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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.

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