Examines the history and culture of the Zuni Indians, with chapters on community life and traditions and on the Spanish invasion of tribal territories in the 1500s.
Retells a Zuni myth in which a young boy and his sister gain the wisdom that makes them leaders of their people through the intercession of a dragonfly.
In this Native-American variant of a familiar story, some turkeys make a gown of feathers for the poor girl who tends them so that she can participate in a sacred dance, but they desert her when she fails to return as promised.
