Desert Indian Woman
Author | : Frances Sallie Manuel |
Publisher | : University of Arizona Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2001-10 |
ISBN-10 | : 0816520089 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780816520084 |
Rating | : 4/5 (084 Downloads) |
Download or read book Desert Indian Woman written by Frances Sallie Manuel and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Basket weaver, storyteller, and tribal elder, Frances Manuel is a living preserver of Tohono O'odham culture. Speaking to anthropologist Deborah Neff, who has known her for over twenty years, she tells of O'odham culture and society and of the fortunes and misfortunes of Native Americans in the southwestern borderlands over the past century.