Handbook of North American Indians, Volume 9

This volume covers the prehistory, general history, and languages of the entire Southwest, and the cultures and histories of the Pueblo peoples.Alfonso Ortiz was a native of San Juan Pueblo whose primary research focus was his own people. He was a professor of anthropology at the University of New Mexico, a MacArthur fellow, and a lifelong advocate for Native Americans and their communities.Part of the acclaimed encyclopedia of native North American peoples, the book has 59 chapters on the Puebloan peoples and prehistory of the Southwest.