Zuñi Folk Tales

Frank Hamilton Cushing (1857–1900) was a pioneering figure in the field of American anthropology, noted for his extensive ethnological fieldwork among the Zuñi people of New Mexico. Born in Pennsylvania, Cushing demonstrated an early interest in natural history, which paved the way for his later career in the nascent field of anthropology. As a young man, Cushing joined the Smithsonian Institution...