Yaqui Indians — Religious life and customs.

  • Queen of dreams / Heather Valencia ; interviewed by Karole Selmon.

    Interview with Heather Valencia, who grew up along the Mississippi river in Hannibal Missouri, and who is part Cherokee. She discusses her ten years of living on the Pasqua Yaqui reservation in Southern Arizona. She relates her journey to Yaqui, and her experiences with the spiritual leader of those people, Anselmo Valenica. She goes on…

  • Charlie spider at the seeds of knowledge / Carlos Castaneda.

    Carlos Castaneda, author of “The Teachings of Don Juan,” retells how when he first met Don Juan, the Bruho ‘Man of Knowledge’ of the Yaqui Indians. When they met the old sorceror burst out laughing, as Mr. Castaneda’s name means “Charlie Spider” in Spanish. Here, Mr. Castaneda answers questions about the hallucinatory and other mind…