Description
Now this atypical work, composed of thirty-six separate stories, is presented in its entirety for the primary time. Beautifully expressed, the narrative constitutes one of those scripture for a native church, beginning with the creation of the universe out of the void and ending with the establishment within the sixteenth century of present-day villages. Central to the tale is the murder/resurrection of a god-man, Siuuhu, who summoned the Pimas and Papagos (Tohono O’odham) as his army of vengeance and brought in regards to the conquest of his murderers, the ancient Hohokam.
Donald Bahr extensively annotates the text and supplements it with other Pima-Papago versions of equivalent stories. Necessary as a social and historic document, this book adds immeasurably to the growing body of Native American literature and to our knowledge of the development of Pima-Papago culture.