Comments on: Remembering Polingaysi Qoyawayma

By: Nate Ginsberg

Nate Ginsberg — Mon, 21 May 2012 15:34:53 +0000

Hi Matthew -
I’m honored you even responded – all the best to you – and kudos to you for your work to chronicle Ponlingaysi’s thoughts and life.

By: Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert

Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:50:36 +0000

Thanks, Nate, and please forgive me for taking so long to respond to your comment! A lot of work has yet to be written on the life of Qoyawayma. She had a remarkable life and influence on education among the Hopi. And I agree with you that her story has touched the lives and hearts of many people. Thanks again!

By: Nate Ginsberg

Nate Ginsberg — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 06:27:05 +0000

After reading Polingaysi Qoyawayma’s book i was also profoundly moved. I am a music teacher to small children and her ‘natural way’ of insidious teaching – where students were so interested they didn’t realize how much they were learning’ is a definite part of my teaching as well. Her story was not only educational but touching and I think brought home the true nature of the Hopi culture and symbolism – which I was not aware of being a mixed race cauacsian…(plain white guy….Teh song paul is referring to is ‘Father and Son’ from Cat Stevens….Thanks -I would have loves to have checked out the movie as well….You are doing meaningful work Gilbert….

By: Hopi children’s books at Walnut Canyon National Monument « Beyond the Mesas

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:14:44 +0000

[...] books that park officials did not include in the shop such as Polingaysi Qoyawayma’s The Sun Girl and Emory Sekaquaptewa’s (et. al.) Coyote and Little Turtle: Iisaw Niqw [...]

By: Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert

Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:01:09 +0000

No problem, Paul. There are a few different websites where people can purchase the film, but going through the 716 Productions/Learning Who We Are link that’s on my blog is the least expensive option. Also, just to let you and others know, Beyond the Mesas will be shown several times on the internet later this month. I will make a blog post about it next week. For more information, go to the “Showings” page on my blog and read the UI-7 showing blurb.

By: paulreimer1

paulreimer1 — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:07:33 +0000

oh goodness, right here..missed it, sorry..

By: paulreimer1

paulreimer1 — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:06:47 +0000

Where can I find/view/purchase your movie?

By: Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert

Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:53:30 +0000

Hi Paul,

Thanks for sharing these memories with the rest of us. You were indeed lucky to have known her. Thanks again,

Matt

By: paulreimer1

paulreimer1 — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:58:59 +0000

I remember the many nights I spent listening to Polingaysi “Butterfly among the flowers” speak around a campfire next to her house in New Oraibi. She called me “The Dog Person” because I always had the village dogs around me. The stories she told us about the air, the earth, the corn I will never forget. One afternoon I drove her into Winslow to get supplies. We were rebuilding her house which had burned down. I was playing a Cat Stevens 8-track and the song “Old man/Young Man” (I can’t remember the exact name) was playing. Elizabeth (Polingaysi) started crying and started talking about the blessing of a long life.. I can’t remember exactly what she said but as a 17 year old, I was profoundly moved. So lucky to have known her.

By: Beyond the Mesas co-executive producer publishes new book « Beyond the Mesas

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:54:13 +0000

[...] and domestic training, curriculums based on Hopi culture, the Keams Canyon Boarding School, Polingaysi Qoyawayma, and former Senator Barry Goldwater’s support of education efforts on the Hopi mesas. [...]