Acoma Nation
Forget TV antennas emerging from adobes; forget the Mastercard emblems outside the Kivas. Bella Stumbo could have saved her revelations of creeping acculturation. If the tribal chieftain gives his daughter a name like “Kimberly,” the Acomas are doomed to cultural extinction within a generation.
JOHN AHOUSE
Long Beach
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