Hopi Katsina Songs

Emory Sekaquaptewa, Kenneth C. Hill, Dorothy K. Washburn

• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN: 9780803262881
• eBook ISBN: 9780803268487
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Native American Studies
• Index: Social Sciences

Emory Sekaquaptewa dedicated most of his life to promoting Hopi literacy and creating written materials to strengthen the language and lifeway of his people. He understood how intimately cultural ideas are embedded in language, and by transcribing and translating early recordings of katsina songs he helped strengthen the continuity of Hopi religious thought and cultural practices. Sekaquaptewa believed that the advice contained in the katsina songs, some of which were recorded over a century ago, could be used by future generations as guideposts for navigating contemporary life.
Hopi Katsina Songs contains Hopi transcriptions, English translations, and detailed commentaries of 150 katsina songs, recorded throughout the twentieth century from all three Hopi mesas, as well as twenty-five recorded by Sekaquaptewa himself. To further continue the creative process of the Hopi legacy, Sekaquaptewa included song fragments with the hope that readers would remember the songs and complete them. These features make his collection an invaluable resource for preserving and teaching Hopi language and culture.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Untitled
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Songs Recorded by Natalie Curtis in 1903
• Songs Recorded by Samuel Barrett in 1911
• Songs Recorded by Jesse Walter Fewkes in 19
• Songs Recorded by Helen Roberts in the 1920s
• Songs Recorded by Ernest and Pearl Beaglehole in the 1930s
• Songs Recorded by Robert Black between 1957 and 1965
• Songs Recorded by George List in 1960
• Songs Contributed by Emory Sekaquaptewa
• Appendix 1
• Appendix 2
• Appendix 3
• References Cited
• Index