Meet Mindy : A Native Girl from the Southwest

MEET MINDY is the second of three books in the National Museum of the American Indian's series, My World: Young Native Americans Today.

Written in association with the Smithsonian Institute, the book chronicles a day in the life of a young Hopi girl, Mindy Sekuku, living in Arizona.

In this second book the reader journeys with Mindy through her coming-of-age ceremony, traces the history of the Hopi tribe, and learns about ceremonies and traditions of Hopi culture.

Readers will meet: - Mindy's father and grandfather, who carve beautiful katsina dolls - The Hopi's rich history of growing corn, basket weaving, and constructing kivas - Coming-of-age traditions such as the Corn Grinding Ceremony and the Yah-ne-wah Dance