books by Alfonso Ortiz

books by Alfonso Ortiz

books:

Alfonso Ortiz

Tewa World Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society

Alfonso Ortiz

University Of Chicago Press, 1972

Anthropology text offers information on Tewa pueblo culture
Aside from Jomo Kenyata's treatise on his tribe, the Kikuyu, I am not familiar with any other anthropological tribal study by a scientist who is also an ethnic member of the tribe he is discussing. For that reason alone, this book is worth wading through, although for ...

Essentials of Cross-Battery Assessment (Essentials of Psychological Assessment)

Dawn P. Flanagan, Samuel O. Ortiz, ...

Wiley, 2007

Update is in progress
To any who may read the review below about updating this volume, I would like to announce, as an author of this book, that the second edition is already in progress and will contain all of the new versions of the major cognitive batteries as well as the most current ...

Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 10: Southwest (Handbook of North American Indians)

Smithsonian Institution, 1983

Handbook of North American Indians: Southwest Vol. 9
This book is an important resource for anyone interested in Southwestern culture and archaeology. I use it continually at work and have found its detailed information invaluable. There are many illustrations, diagrams, and timelines that help illuminate the text. ...

The Achievement Test Desk Reference: A Guide to Learning Disability Identification
Dawn P. Flanagan, Samuel O. Ortiz, ...

Wiley, 2006

An up-to-date resource with the latest achievement tests, theories, and evidence-based findings The Second Edition of this critically acclaimed reference features the most up-to-date versions of assessment instruments to measure individual achievement and learning disabilities. The authors' pragmatic approach offers practitioners an ...

American Indian Myths and Legends (Pantheon Fairy Tale and Folklore Library)

Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz

Pantheon, 1985

Fantastic Collection of Stories from the First Nations
Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz really did a wonderful job putting together this compilation. Taking various stories from North America, the duo covers traditional tales of everyone from the Aleut to the Toltecs and pretty much everything in between. Every region and ...

American Indian Trickster Tales (Myths and Legends)

Penguin (Non-Classics), 1999

He is alway up to no good!
This is a well written group of trickster tales. It gives us a glimpse of what the Native Americans used to teach their children. The Trickster Tales gives the average person the ability to enjoy a piece of Native American culture. Pick up this book and you will ...

Runner in the Sun (Zia Book)

D'Arcy McNickle

University of New Mexico Press, 1987

Happy Endings Tend to be Mythical
A society under stress must change or be destroyed. A pre-columbian Native American village in the Southwest has endured many years of drought and has reached its breaking point. Will the external forces of nature or the internal strife of the people be the hammer ...

Indian Uprising on the Rio Grande: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680

Franklin Folsom

University of New Mexico Press, 1996

The 1680 Pueblo Revolt - from the Indians' perspective
Franklin Folsom wrote a history of the 1680 Pueblo revolt in New Mexico using the same basic sources as many other historians, but chose to integrate much pueblo culture into his history, thus shifting the vantage point to one focused on the indians' story rather than ...

Velazquez

Antonio Dominquez Ortiz, Alfonso E. Perez Sanchez, ...

Harry N Abrams, 1990

Best book on Velazquez
I have several books on this supremely talented Spanish painter, and I have to say that this work is still the best on the subject. First, the text is very informative as to the life and times of Velazquez. Furthermore, the information on each painting is well written, ...