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Hopi Sösö’pa – Cricket Katsina Doll by James Kootshongsie - C3799A

Category: Kachina - Katsina | Posted by Adobe Gallery Team Member | Wed, Jul 20th 2016, 10:47am

Jimmie Koots Hopi Katsina Doll - C3799AJames Kootshongsie is best known as Jimmie Koots.  He was born at Hopi Pueblo on the Third Mesa village of Hotevilla during the period of World War I.  At a very young age, he and many other Hopi children were removed from their homes and taken to government schools where they were to be stripped of their Hopi beliefs and heritage and assimilated into the White man's culture.  Koots survived the five long years at the Bureau of Indian Affairs School and then returned to his native village.

 

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