Coming Home: A Hopi Resistance Story indigenous crafts they encountered societies they did

they encountered societies they did not understand--those having developed differently from their own--and whose power they often underestimated

But the true depth of the devastation of removal cannot be understood without a closer examination of the history of the Dakota people and their deep cultural connection to the land that is Minnesota

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Marlene Wisuri’s photographs have been exhibited regionally and nationally

and the Hopi Tribe

Coming Home: A Hopi Resistance Story indigenous crafts they encountered societies they didFrom master Hopi woodcarver Mavasta Honyouti, the story of his grandfather's experience at a residential boarding school and how he returned home to pass their traditions down to future generations. When Mavasta Honyouti was a boy he would go with his grandfather to their cornfield, watching him nurture every plant. During breaks, his grandfather would take out a piece of paako root and use his pocketknife to whittle away. He made beautiful carvings