4. “He could not speak Hopi . . . . That puzzle— puzzled me”: The Pragmatic Paradoxes of Hopi Tradition in Court 4

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. 1. Introduction: Arguing with Tradition in Native America 1
6. 2. Making a Hopi Nation: “Anglo” Law Comes to Hopi Country 27
7. 3. “What are you going to do with the village’s knowledge?” Language Ideologies and Legal Power in Hopi Tribal Court 59
8. 4. “He could not speak Hopi . . . . That puzzle— puzzled me”: The Pragmatic Paradoxes of Hopi Tradition in Court 4 89
9. 5. Suffering into Truth: Hopi Law as Narrative Interaction 115
10. 6. Conclusion: Arguments with Tradition 147
11. Notes 163
12. References 169
13. Index 179