Walking in Beauty--An Introduction to the Cultures of the Southwest
R09.9011 /
Continuing Education
/ $95
SPRING 2008
Discover the complex cultural history of the American Southwest--the ancient Pueblo people (the Anasazi) at Chaco Canyon, Mesa Verde, and Canyon de Chelly; and their historical descendents, the Pueblo peoples of the Rio Grande, the Hopi, the Zuni, and the people of Acoma and Laguna Pueblos. We discuss the culture of the Navajo people, and the consequences of Spanish and Anglo incursions into "Indian country." Recommended reading includes Ramon Gutierrez, When Jesus Came, the Corn Mothers Went Away; Stephen Plog, Ancient Peoples of the American Southwest; Bertha Dutton, American Indians of the Southwest; and Leslie Marmon Silko, Storyteller.
