Colorado Collection

Poems and prose writings show and interpret an Indian way of life.

The Tiny People emerge from their home in the center of the Earth, and what they learn from the animals helps them to grow as tall as trees.

Prose writings and poems express the beliefs and ethics of the Ute Indians of Colorado and New Mexico.

In the New Mexico village of Camposanto, a priest is tied to a cross made from a sacred cottonwood tree. Father Lorenzo Soledad's adversaries, the impoverished tribe called the Calabazas, observe from below, and Juan Lobo, the head man of the Calabazas, sings the Song of Passage, preparing the priest for his journey by rubbing a white powder across his brow. It's a chilly April Friday in 1897. In two days it will be Easter, but for Soledad there will...

In a very special kitchen, Mr. and Mrs. God cook up the planet Earth and some creatures to live there.

Text accompanied by photographs introduces the life and beliefs of the Taos Indians of New Mexico.