People of the Blue Water

A Record of Life Among the Walapai and Havasupai Indians

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"Flora Gregg left her Oklahoma home in 1900, answering a call for teachers on an Indian reservation in northern Arizona. . . . Her book . . . is a simple but strangely moving document. She is good at description and a keen observer of people and customs."—Journal of Arizona History

"Gives a vivid picture, not only of tribal peoples in transition, but of the motives and methods of a dedicated, compassionate teacher in an era of forced Indian assimilation."—Books of the Southwest

"Delightful reading about an exotic life in a stupendous natural setting."—New York Times
People of the Blue Water
288 Pages 5.5 x 8.5 x 0.8
Published: April 1985Paperback ISBN: 9780816509256
Published: April 1985Ebook ISBN: 9780816546015

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