Research Catalog

Title

Standing Flower : the life of Irving Pabanale, an Arizona Tewa Indian / edited and annotated by Robert A. Black.

Author

Pabanale, Irving, -1972.

Publication

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, ©2001.

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Details

Additional Authors

Black, Robert A., 1927-

Description

xxv, 235 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm

Summary

"Standing Flower - Irving Pabanale's Tewa name - was born in the latter part of the nineteenth century into a rich and unique heritage. Around 1700 his Tewa ancestors migrated from the Rio Grande to the Hopi community of First Mesa. They came at the invitation of the Hopi to serve as warrior-protectors against marauding Utes, a relocation exceptional in the history of the Pueblo Southwest. Not only did the Arizona Tewa fulfill their military and later police duties, eventually a number of them served as brokers or intermediaries between Hispanic and Anglo culture on the one hand and Hopi culture on the other, through it all preserving their language and much of their Rio Grande way of life." "Irving Pabanale was no exception, working on the tribal police force, serving as a judge, and then becoming a medicine man." "Toward the end of his life, between 1966 and 1969, he recorded a series of reminiscences and folktales in consultation with Robert Black. In Standing Flower, Black has compiled these episodes, adding relevant historical and anthropological commentary." "This is a chronicle of the life of a culture broker who witnessed the great changes that took place in Hopiland during the early and middle years of the twentieth century."--Jacket.

Subject

• Pabanale, Irving, -1972
• Pabanale, Irving, -1972
• Tewa Indians > Biography
• Indian reservation police > Arizona > Hopi Indian Reservation > Biography
• Indian judges > Arizona > Hopi Indian Reservation > Biography
• Indian judges
• Indian reservation police
• Tewa Indians
• Arizona > Hopi Indian Reservation

Genre/Form

• Biography
• Biographies.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-227) and index.

Contents

Standing Flower -- The Coming of the Tewas -- The Early Years -- A Trip to Zuni and Other Adventures -- Becoming a Policeman -- "Blossom Bride": A Dramatization of a Traditional Hopi Wedding -- Becoming a Medicine Man -- The Indian Reorganization Act -- Becoming a Judge -- Stock Improvement on the Reservation -- A Trip to Taos with Nelson: Nelson's Illness -- Trouble with the Navajos: The Land Dispute -- Becoming a Mormon: Faith in a Puppy -- Alcohol Problems -- Speech to the Crowd at Walpi Snake Dance -- Folktales -- The Boy Who Became a Girl (Hopi) -- How the Red Eagle Got a Bellyache (Tewa) -- How the Coyote Cubs Became Spotted (Tewa) -- Sunflower Girl (Hopi) -- How the Coyote Got Fooled (Tewa) -- The Coyote and the Bluebirds (Tewa) -- The Aftermath of the Migration -- The Early Years: Boarding School and the Problems of Culture Change -- Trading -- Rabbit Hunting -- The Indian Police -- Medicine Men -- Troubles with the Navajos and the Establishment of the 1882 Area -- The Results of the Indian Reorganization Act: The Hopi Tribal Council -- Judge Pabanale and the Tribal Court -- Becoming a Mormon -- Alcohol on the Reservation -- The Smoki Dancers of Prescott, Arizona -- Migration Accounts -- Drilling for Oil on the Reservation.

ISBN

• 0874806895
• 9780874806892

LCCN

2001001942

OCLC

• ocm46703805
• 46703805
• SCSB-1230832

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library