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Helen Sekaquaptewa

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describes Sekaquaptewa's life-long struggle with her identity, having to navigate the Hopi traditionalism of the "Hostiles" and the cultural assimilation of American colonialism. However, it also discusses how she found ways to bridge and reconcile these identities within her spiritual beliefs and
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literalizes Helen as a person whose self fails to conform to colonial American standards of individualism; whose life refuses to be confined to the timeline between her birth and death; and whose written story harbors oral traditions in the printed product."
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into a Hopi faction, the "Hostiles", who fought against colonial assimilation. After the faction was ousted from Oraibi, she was forced to attend a
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social practices. For example, Sekaquaptewa viewed her Mormon faith as a confirmation of traditional Hopi spiritual beliefs.
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she had come into contact with as a result of her son Abbott's hospitalization the year prior, she converted to
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as an example of autobiographical indiscipline, a decolonial practice she identifies in some
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Notable American women : a biographical dictionary completing the twentieth century
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to further her children's education. Sekaquaptewa and Udall became friends through the
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Native Heritage: Personal Accounts by American Indians, 1790 to the Present
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Autobiographical Indiscipline: Queering American Indian Life Narratives
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Autobiographical Indiscipline: Queering American Indian Life Narratives
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In 2004, Sekaquaptewa was included in the fifth volume of
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Givens, Terryl L.; Neilson, Reid L., eds. (2014-12-31).
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The Columbia Sourcebook of Mormons in the United States
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The Columbia Sourcebook of Mormons in the United States
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Sekaquaptewa first met Louise Udall after moving to
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Oraibi
Arizona
United States of America
Kykotsmovi Village
Arizona
United States of America
Emory Sekaquaptewa
Hopi
Mormon
homemaker
matriarch
storyteller
Hopi
Oraibi
Native American boarding school
biculturally
Hotevilla
Elders
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Relief Society
Phoenix, Arizona
Relief Society
as-told-to autobiographies
Native Americans
Notable American Women
Arizona Women's Hall of Fame
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Hopi
anthropologist
Hopi language

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