Don Chuka Talayesva (1890–1985)
[ was a Hopi who is noted for his autobiography, written in conjunction with Yale University anthropologist Leo Simmons, describing his life until 1940. Talayesva was born with the name Chuka in Old Oraibi, ]Arizona
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, and grew up until the age of ten in a traditional Hopi manner, but then spent ten years largely in European culture before making a full return to the Hopi way. It has been suggested that Simmons method of interviewing may have led Talayesva to reveal more than he entirely felt comfortable doing and this aspect has been an element of discussion concerning him.American Indian Autobiography. - book reviews MELUS, Fall, 1995 by Pauline G. Woodward
/ref> In the field of anthropology
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he was referred to as "the most documented man".[Rebecca Lemov, "Anthropology’s Most Documented Man, Ca. 1947: A Prefiguration of Big Data from the Big Social Science Era," ''Osiris'' 32 (2017): 21-42. ]
Bibliography
*Don C. Talayeva, ''SAuto8), Yale Unive September 10, 1963.
References
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1890 births
1985 deaths
Hopi people
American autobiographers
20th-century Native Americans