Hopi Runners: Crossing the Terrain Between Indian and American Tlingit Educated in traditional Dakota ways

Educated in traditional Dakota ways

Josie dances to honor her ancestors

a tiny man on a floating island

He recounts his own sometimes hilarious struggle to learn Ojibwe as an adult

Each time the sun starts a new circle

Hopi Runners: Crossing the Terrain Between Indian and American Tlingit Educated in traditional Dakota waysIn the summer of 1912 Hopi runner Louis Tewanima won silver in the 10,000 meter race at the Stockholm Olympics. In that same year Tewanima and another champion Hopi runner, Philip Zeyouma, were soundly defeated by two Hopi elders in a race hosted by members of the tribe. Long before Hopis won trophy cups or received acclaim in American newspapers, Hopi clan runners competed against each other on and below their mesasand when they won footraces, they