Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father

Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting

By Trudy Griffin-Pierce
Foreword by N. Scott Momaday
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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Explores the circularity of Navajo thought through studies of sandpaintings, chantway myths, and stories reflected in the constellations.

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Trudy Griffin-Pierce

Trudy Griffin-Pierce (1949-2009) was an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Arizona. She was the author of several books on American Indian cosmology.

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  • Publisher: UNM Press (March 1, 1995)
  • Length: 240 pages
  • ISBN13: 9780826316349

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Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting

By Trudy Griffin-Pierce
Foreword by N. Scott Momaday
Published by UNM Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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