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Settlement Ecology
The Social and Spatial Organization of Kofyar Agriculture
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Canals and Communities
Small-Scale Irrigation Systems
Edited by Jonathan B. Mabry
The University of Arizona Press
Border Visions
Mexican Cultures of the Southwest United States
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Where the Dove Calls
The Political Ecology of a Peasant Corporate Community in Northwestern Mexico
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Riparian Ecosystem Recovery in Arid Lands
Strategies and References
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Peyote
The University of Arizona Press
Dry whiskey, Divine herb, Devil's root, Medicine of God, Peyote: for some people, to use it is to hear colors and see sounds. For many Native Americans, it brings an ability to reach out of their physical lives, to communicate with the spirits, and to become complete. For chemists, pharmacologists, and psychiatrists, the plant is ...
Hopi Basket Weaving
Artistry in Natural Fibers
By Helga Teiwes
The University of Arizona Press
This book is filled with photographs and detailed descriptions of beautiful Hopi baskets—the one art, above all others, that creates the strongest social bonds in Hopi life. In these pages, weavers open their lives to the outside world as a means of sharing an art form especially demanding of time and talent. Many other glimpses of the Hopi world are also shared by author and photographer Helga Teiwes, who was warmly invited into the homes of her collaborators. Their permission and the permission of the Cultural Preservation Office of the Hopi Tribe gave her access to people and information seldom available to outsiders.
Demons and Development
The Struggle for Community in a Sri Lankan Village
By James Brow
The University of Arizona Press