My Life in San Juan Pueblo
About the Book
My Life in San Juan Pueblo is a rich, rewarding, and uplifting collection of personal and cultural stories from a master of her craft. Esther Martinez's tales brim with entertaining characters that embody her Native American Tewa culture and its wisdom about respect, kindness, and positive attitudes.About the Author
Esther Martinez (aka P’oe Tsáwá, Blue Water, and Estefanita Martinez), a renowned storyteller from San Juan Pueblo, is a traditional storyteller for the National Park Service and for numerous public and private schools and professional organizations, as well as a Tewa language consultant to linguists and many academic institutions. Among her many recognitions are a Living Treasure Award from the State of New Mexico, the Indian Education Award for Teacher of the Year from the National Council of American Indians (1997), and the New Mexico Arts Commission Governor’s Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts.Sue-Ellen Jacobs, who developed, shaped, and inspired this project, is a professor of womens studies at the University of Washington, the editor of Beatrice Medicine’s Learning to Be an Anthropologist and Remaining Native, and a coeditor of Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality. Josephine Binford, Esther Martinez’s daughter, is a public health nurse for the Indian Health Service with specialization in gerontology, giving her the honored position of caring for the Pueblo elders in Northern New Mexico, as wellas care of her Mother. M. Eileen Carroll is the founder of Storytellers International. Henrietta M. Smith is professor emerita with the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Tilar Mazzeo is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Tessie Naranjo, an enrolled member of Santa Clara Pueblo, is a sociologist and the vice president of the board of the Indigenous Languages Institute.
Reviews
"A treasure trove of information about Pueblo culture. . . . It is a rich resource for anyone interested in storytelling or in American-Indian life."--The Santa Fe New Mexican"A delightful and uplifting book of traditional Pueblo life as told through the voice of a master storyteller."--New Mexico Magazine
"The books should prove valuable to storytellers, educators, and those with an interest in the history and culture of the Pueblos."--Montana Historical Society
Awards
Elli Kongas-Maranda Prize. Women's Section of the American Folklore Society, 2004.Supplemental Material
My Life in San Juan Pueblo
Stories of Esther Martinez
The audio files were captured and edited by Sue-Ellen Jacobs and Charles Hiestand using "Gold Wave" on a Compaq Presario 1500T using analog cassette tape recordings made by Ellien Carroll and Sue-Ellen Jacobs of Esther Martinez's original storytelling sessions. The captured files were processed and mastered by Larri Sims and Charles Hiestand at Creative Art Studios in Seattle, Washington, using a Macintosh G4 and ProTools Digi001 version. The accompanying CD contains seven stories, some matching exactly the text version of the story published in this book, and others that are a slightly different version told in a different setting than noted in the text.
Track No. 1: "Little Black Ants and Coyote" (8:22), compare to "Little Black Ants and Old Man Coyote" (pp. 93–97).
Track No. 2: "Lazy Coyote and Mrs. Turkey" (5:13), compare to "Lazy Coyote and Mrs. Turkey" (pp. 102–3).
Track No. 3: "Grandmother Spider, Coyote, and the Stars" (7:06), identical to text version (pp. 105–6).
Track No. 4: "Mr. Coyote's Feast" (7:46), identical to text version (pp. 107–10).
Track No. 5: "The Deer Story" (19:22), compare to "The Deer Story" (pp. 111–17).
Track No. 6: "Old Man Bat and the Chickadees" (9:04), identical to text version one (pp. 118–24).
Track No. 7: "Two White Corn Maidens and Gourd Boy" (8:22), identical to text version one (pp. 136–39).
Esther Martinez (aka P'oe Tsw, Blue Water, and Estefanita Martinez), a renowned storyteller from San Juan Pueblo, is a traditional storyteller for the National Park Service and for numerous public and private schools and professional organizations, as well as a Tewa language consultant to linguists and many academic institutions. Among her many recognitions are a Living Treasure Award from the State of New Mexico, the Indian Education Award for Teacher of the Year from the National Council of American Indians (1997), and the New Mexico Arts Commission Governor's Award for Excellence and Achievement in the Arts.
Sue-Ellen Jacobs, who developed, shaped, and inspired this project, is a professor of womens studies at the University of Washington, the editor of Beatrice Medicine's Learning to Be an Anthropologist and Remaining Native, and a coeditor of Two-Spirit People: Native American Gender Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality. Josephine Binford, Esther Martinez's daughter, is a public health nurse for the Indian Health Service with specialization in gerontology, giving her the honored position of caring for the Pueblo elders in Northern New Mexico, as wellas care of her Mother. M. Eileen Carroll is the founder of Storytellers International. Henrietta M. Smith is professor emerita with the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Florida in Tampa. Tilar Mazzeo is an assistant professor of English at the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. Tessie Naranjo, an enrolled member of Santa Clara Pueblo, is a sociologist and the vice president of the board of the Indigenous Languages Institute.
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