The Hopi Way: An Odyssey (Google eBook)

Robert Boissiere

Sunstone Press, Jun 1, 1985 - Fiction - 90 pages

From first-hand experience, the author tells of daily life among the Hopi Indians in Northern Arizona--their beliefs, rituals and Catcina (Kachina) ceremonies. The interaction and conflict between the Anglo and Indian cultures are presented from the viewpoint of the Hopi family. Robert Boissiere, born in Paris, France, came to the United States after World War II. A member of the French army, he was imprisoned in a Nazi prison camp from which he managed to escape and join a group of Basques in the Pyrenees. After moving to California, Boissiere found himself on an artistic and spiritual pilgrimage to the Hopi villages. There he was adopted by a Hopi family and became a participant in their cultural life. "The Hopi Way" is based on his experiences living as a Hopi. He is also the author of "Po Pai Mo," also from Sunstone Press.

Contents

• Section 1: 30
• Section 2: 36
• Section 3: 42
• Section 4: 46
• Section 5: 56
• Section 6: 59
• Section 7: 63
• Section 8: 70
• Section 9: 76
• Section 10: 79
• Section 11: 84
• Section 12: 88

About the author

Robert Boissiere first went to Hopiland in 1949 and has had close ties with the Native American world since that time. He is the author of "The Return of Pahana" and two earlier books on the Hopi.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Hopi Way: An Odyssey
• Author: Robert Boissiere
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Sunstone Press, 1985
• ISBN: 0865340552, 9780865340558
• Length: 90 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / General; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies