The Rainbow Bridge
Image and discussion of the Rainbow Bridge, which is a Navajo sacred place
Collection area: Arizona and Southwest
Collection dates: 1927
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 Anasazi ruins of Betatakin and Keet Seel, and Birney with a horse.
American author.
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