Yaqui Easter sermon, A: Social Sciences Bulletin No. 26, Vol. XXVI, No. 6, October, 1955
Tucson, Arizona: University of Arizona Press, 1955. 9" x 6" pp. [3], 4-89, [3], includes black and white portraits of Ignacio Alvarez and Refugio Savala, in addition to a "Farewell circle" in the Pascua Village in 1947. Paperback with pumpkin orange covers, toned on both sides with slight half-inch tear at the top of the spine. Staplebound, rusted after the first leaf. Text is otherwise clean. Good to very good.
Includes 40 pages of Yaqui to English "Easter Sermon" with line-by-line translations. This sermon was delivered by Ignacio Alvarez in the afternoon of Easter Sunday in 1941. According to the text, it was recorded by John Green of the General Records Corporation, "with the full cooperation of the residents of Pascua."
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is a federally recognized sovereign nation based in Tucson, Arizona, with over 19,000 members known as "The Unconquered Tribe." (wikipedia)
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