Butterfly Dance
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Author_Gerald Dawavendewa
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Product details
- ISBN 9780789201614
- Weight: 304g
- Dimensions: 235 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 19 Apr 2001
- Publisher: Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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With its bright, stylised illustrations and distinctive Native voice, this appealing book gives a vivid sense of stepping into another culture. It chronicles one important day seen through the eyes of a young Hopi girl named Sihumana, or "Flower Maiden," who is a member of the Rabbit Clan and winningly portrayed as a rabbit. After going with her grandfather to greet the sun and bless the day, Sihumana travels with family to another village to take part in the traditional Butterfly Dance, performed late each summer in order to bring rain to the dry lands of the Southwest. The tale ends happily with the sound of rain on the roof and the promise of butterflies in the days to come. Created with the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Tales of the People is a series of children's books celebrating Native American culture with illustrations and stories by Indian artists and writers. In addition to the tales themselves, each book also offers four pages filled with information and photographs exploring various aspects of Native culture, including a glossary of words in different Indian languages.
Gerald Dawavendewa is Hopi-Cherokee, enrolled in the Hopi Tribe and a member of the Sun Clan. He received a B.A. in fine arts from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is a graphic designer and artist as well as a consultant to various museums across the country, and a guest lecturer at schools, universities, and community colleges. One of his original artworks, now on display at the University of Arizona, traveled aboard the space shuttle Endeavour in 1994.
