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The Rainbow Bridge 1927

MS 267


Collection Summary

Creator: Birney, Hoffman, 1891-1958.
Collection Name: The Rainbow Bridge
Inclusive Dates: 1927
Physical Description:.1 linear feet
Abstract:A 19-page typescript that relates the Navajo prayer for rain and the legend about Rainbow Bridge, as told to Hoffman Birney by Ast'hon Sosi (the Slim Woman) at Kayenta. Includes original photographs of Rainbow Bridge, Navajo sandpaintings, the Anasazi ruins of Betatakin and Keet Seel, and Birney with a horse.
Collection Number:MS 267
Language: Materials are in English.
Repository: University of Arizona Libraries, Special Collections
University of Arizona
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Tucson, AZ 85721-0055
Phone: 520-621-6423
Fax: 520-621-9733
URL: http://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/
E-Mail: LBRY-askspcoll@email.arizona.edu

Biographical Note

American author.


Scope and Content Note

A 19-page typescript that relates the Navajo prayer for rain and the legend about Rainbow Bridge, as told to Hoffman Birney by Ast'hon Sosi (the Slim Woman) at Kayenta. Includes original photographs of Rainbow Bridge, Navajo sandpaintings, the Anasazi ruins of Betatakin and Keet Seel, and Birney with a horse.


Restrictions

Restrictions

There are no restrictions on this collection.

Copyright

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Access Terms

Personal Name(s)
Ast'hon Sosi.

Geographic Name(s)
Betatakin Ruins (Ariz.) -- Folklore.
Kneet Seel Ruins (Ariz.) -- Folklore.
Navajo National Monument (Ariz.) -- Folklore.
Rainbow Bridge National Monument (Utah) -- Folklore.

Subject(s)
Indians of North America -- Southwest, New -- Folklore.
Navajo Indians -- Folklore.
Prayers for rain.


Administrative Information

Credit Line

The Rainbow Bridge (MS 267). Special Collections, University of Arizona Libraries.

Processing History

Processed by Staff.