People of the Crimson Evening

People of the Crimson Evening is Ruth Underhill's vivid ethnographic portrait of the Tohono O'odham (Papago) people of the American Southwest, capturing their traditions, daily life, and spiritual worldview at a time when modernization was beginning to alter long-standing ways of living. Drawing on years of fieldwork, Underhill presents a richly detailed account of a desert culture shaped by the rhythms of the land, the cycles of planting and harvest, and the ceremonial practices that knit the c