Contents
Prologue
1. Yopo Nooki: Enchanted Talk
Nau Tekipanoawame: Working Together
U Masobwikame: The Deer Singer
Yoemtuwame: Being Yaqui
Yoememmet Hiohte: Writing About Yaquis
Bwika Nokita Hiohte: Writing Song Talk
U Kuta Nokame: The Talking Stick
Vato’im: Baptized Ones
Ume Tua Vat Hiakim: The First Real Yaquis
Huya Ania: Wilderness World
Sea Ania: Flower World
Looria Bwikam: Gloria Songs
Yo Ania: Enchanted World
Tu’ik Memoriakame Vea A Hahamne: One with a Good Memory Will Catch On
3. Senu Tukaria Bwikam: One Night of Songs
Masobwikame: The Deer Singers
Pahko Vichame: Those Who See the Pahko
U Masobwikame Weiyawa: Carrying Out the Deer Singing
Sewau Hotekate: We Sit Down to the Flower
4. Maso Me’ewa: Killing the Deer
Pahkolam
Yeuwame: Games
Maso Me’ewa: Killing the Deer
U Choparao: The Raccoon
Ousei Bwikam: Mountain Lion Songs
Maso Nehhawa Bwikam: Running the Deer Songs
Yuku Bwikam: Rain Songs
Epilogue
References
Acknowledgments
Reading Yaqui Words: An Orthography
Yaqui Communities
Notes on the Text
Notes on the Photographs
Works Consulted
Index