Nov. 25, 2021

Episode 60 - Indigenous Peoples of the American Southwest and their Burial Traditions

November is National Native American Heritage Month so in this episode Jennie and Dianne learn about the death and burial traditions of the Ordinary Extraordinary Hopi, Navajo and Apache nations of the American Southwest. They end the episode by sharing the Hopi story of The Land of the Dead. - "The young man said, "I did not believe that there was such a place as this. I thought, 'When a man dies, his spirit surely dies with him and lies with his body in the grave.' Now I understand how things are."

Show Notes

Resources for this episode include:

Courlander, Harold. The Fourth World of the Hopis: The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians as Preserved in their Legends and Traditions. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico Press, 1971, pp. 101-110.

, Admin. "Death in Pueblo and Athabascan Cultures ." http://nativeamericannetroots.net/. 18 Mar. 2013. nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1467. Accessed 21 Nov. 2021.

Tribe , Hopi. " Welcome to the Hopi Tribe ." https://www.hopi-nsn.gov/. 21 Nov. 2021. www.hopi-nsn.gov/. Accessed 21 Nov. 2021.

Krystyna, Klaudia. "Native American Death Rituals, Funerals & Burial Customs ." https://www.joincake.com/. www.joincake.com/blog/native-american-death-rituals/. Accessed 21 Nov. 2021.

Language of Place: Hopi Place Names, Poetry, Traditional Dance and Song. Unknown, Edsitement!.

Nation, Navajo. "History." https://www.navajo-nsn.gov/. 21 Nov. 2021. www.navajo-nsn.gov/history.htm. Accessed 21 Nov. 2021.

Northern Arizona, Museum Of. "THE NAVAJO WAY OF BEING ." https://musnaz.org/. 18 July 2012. musnaz.org/the-navajo-way-of-being/. Accessed 21 Nov. 2021.

Lewis, Ray Baldwin. "Navajo Culture." https://www.discovernavajo.com/experience-the-navajo-nation/. 12 Aug. 2021. www.discovernavajo.com/experience-the-navajo-nation/navajo-culture/. Accessed 21 Nov. 2021.

Apache Tribe, Mescalero. "Our Culture." https://mescaleroapachetribe.com/. 21 Nov. 2021. mescaleroapachetribe.com/our-culture/. Accessed 21 Nov. 2021.

Trust, Grand Canyon. "Hopi." https://www.grandcanyontrust.org/. 21 Nov. 2021. www.grandcanyontrust.org/info/hopi. Accessed 21 Nov. 2021.