COCOPAH Native Tribe History SIGNED Book Indian Tribal Series Limited Edition - $50 - (Beaver Crossing, NE)

This book is part of the limited edition Indian Tribal Series that was produced in the mid 1970's. Only 15,000 were ever made. This is the first and only edition. It is hand-signed by the tribal chief at the time of its publication. This book covers the history, culture, tradition, struggles for freedom, current life of the tribe and much more. It is 100+ pages and is made with a beautiful blue textured soft cover, with silver lettering on the side and an engraved design of the corresponding commemorative medal on the front. Book is made with high gloss pages. Signed by Robert Barley. From the book it reads: For hundreds, perhaps thousands of years, the Cocopah have been river people. During the flood season, they once lived on the high ground of the unique Colorado River delta, an environment similar to that of the valley of the lower Nile River. Like ancient Egyptians, the Cocopah practiced a form of agriculture dependent upon the flood waters of the river. As these waters receded, the Cocopah followed after, with long digging sticks and planting seed, moving their camps down, closer to the river, practicing a form of agriculture known to man since his earliest crop-growing times. The ancient history of the Cocopah is related to that of the rest of the Hokan-derived Yuman linguistic family. All of the surviiving eastern members of this Yuman language group live today in southwestern Arizona and in Sonora, either near the Colorado River or close to its tributaties. They also can be found in southern California. ....Whenever possible after a battle, Cocopah took the scalps of the bravest, slain, enemy warriors. Cocopah fighters did so believing that if certain rituals, dances and ceremonies were performed with the captured scalp, the powers of the dead warrior might be transferred to the victorious one. Some Topics In The Book Include: Cocopah Creation Stories Interactions With Spanish Explorers Cocopah Face Paintings Warfare And Battles Cocopah Games And Ceremon…

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