This book was published with assistance from the McNulty Endowment at the State University of New York at Buffalo The illustrations on the title page and pages 29, 65, 165, 243, and 295 are adapted from The Rain Bird, by H. P. Mera. Those on pages 1, 75, and 285 are adapted from The Pueblo Potter, by Ruth L. Bunzel. Those on pages 57, 125, 215, and 319 are adapted from The Excavation of Hawikuh, by Watson Smith, Richard B. Woodbury, and Nathalie F. S. Woodbury. © 1999 by Dennis Tedlock All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America ∞ + ⃝ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Tedlock, Dennis, 1939- Finding the center : the art of the Zuni storyteller / translated by Dennis Tedlock from live performances in Zuni by Andrew Peynetsa and Walter Sanchez. -- 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8032-4439-8 (cl. : alk. paper). -- ISBN 0-8032-9440-9 (pa. : alk. paper) 1. Zuni poetry--Translations into English. 2. Zuni Indians-- Folklore. 3. Folklore--Performance. 4. Tales--New Mexico. 1. Title. PM2711.Z95T43 1999 897′.4--dc21 99-27307 CIP -iv- |