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The Rainbow Bridge

1927

MS 267

Collection Guide

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 Ancestral Pueblo ruins of Betatakin and Keet Seel, and Birney with a horse.

Included materials:

Photographs

Manuscript

Subject Area:

Literature

Indigenous Peoples of the Americas

Collection Area:

Arizona & Southwest

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We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples. Today, Arizona is home to 22 federally recognized tribes, with Tucson being home to the O’odham and the Yaqui. Committed to diversity and inclusion, the University strives to build sustainable relationships with sovereign Native Nations and Indigenous communities through education offerings, partnerships, and community service.

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