The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi
The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi
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n neglected their religious dances and ceremonies,
and of their ultimate salvation when they returned to their faithful
performance.
The Hopi objected to the slavish labor of bringing timbers by hand from the distant mountains for the building of missions and, according to Hopi tradition, to the priests taking some of their daughters as concubines, but the breaking point was the demand of the friars that all their old religious ceremonies be stopped; this they dared not do.
So the "long gowns" were thrown over the cliff, and that was that. Certain dissentions and troubles had come upon them, and some crop failures, so they attributed their misfortunes to the anger of the old gods and decided to stamp out this new and dangerous religion. It had taken a strong hold on one of their villages, Awatobi, even to the extent of replacing some of the old ceremonies with the new singing and chanting and praying. And so Awatobi was destroyed by representatives from all the other villages. Entering the sleeping vill
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I hope this book made Hattie Green Lockett happy.
Once--the Hopi had unwritten literature. But since she wrote it all down in this book, it's no longer unwritten!
Once--a Hopi mother could say; 'My son, let me tell you of Coyote and Bear and their adventures with the north wind.'
'Ah geez, I already know that story Mom. I read it in Hattie Green Lockett's book.'
Way to go, Hattie; thanks for ruining a culture.
Once--the Hopi had unwritten literature. But since she wrote it all down in this book, it's no longer unwritten!
Once--a Hopi mother could say; 'My son, let me tell you of Coyote and Bear and their adventures with the north wind.'
'Ah geez, I already know that story Mom. I read it in Hattie Green Lockett's book.'
Way to go, Hattie; thanks for ruining a culture.
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