INDIAN TRIBAL MEDALLIONS

The obverse side of the Paiute Indian Tribe's Coin-Medal bears an aboriginal scene of firemaking by the Paiute, and the inscription "Sovereign Nation of the Paiute Tribe."

The reverse side of the medallion shows the Paiute hunter with his bow and arrow and bears the date of mintage, 1972.

The companion book, "The Paiute People," was authored by Dr. Robert C. Euler, Professor of Anthropology, at Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona.

The peaceful people, who occupy the high windswept mesas of Northeastern Arizona, the Hopi Indian Tribe, have on the obverse of their Coin-Medal the "Corn Kachina" (Avachoya) in the foreground and the age old pueblo of Walpi in the background. Also, it bears the inscription "Sovereign Nation of the Hopi" and the date, 1971.

The reverse has the morning kachina with its Hopi Name "Telavai," and the Hopi translation for "piece of silver" which is "Siva."

The companion book, "The Hopi People," is written by Drs. Robert C. Euler and Henry F. Dobyns, anthropologists from Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona.

"Because there's a federal law prohibiting the issuance of pure gold Coin-Medals, and in keeping with the integrity of the Indian people and the purpose of the issuance of this Coin-Medal, we chose not to use gold-plated silver. Platinum is out of sight pricewise, and so, we chose silver .999/1000's pure."

Mintage of the series is limited to 15,000 Coin-Medals, proof condition. When that figure is reached, the dies will be destroyed. Each Coin-Medal bears an identifying serial number on the rim with the companion book bearing the same identifying number. These serial numbers and their owners' names are registered at Indian Tribal Series and kept in a vault for protection.

Where most publishers have books autographed by the author or authors, the Griffins have taken a different approach. The books can be autographed by the Tribal Chief and mailed from the Reservation post office with the Tribe's cancellation on the package. In the case of the Havasupai issue, the package comes marked "VIA MULE TRAIN" for it has been brought up from the canyon floor post office precisely by that method. Unusual stamps obtained from stamp dealers further enhance packaging.

The Coin-Medal and book of the Hopi Tribe, who live on the high windswept mesas of Northeastern Arizona, are mailed and postmarked Oraibi, Arizona, the oldest village on this continent.

The Apache Tribe's Coin-Medal and book, issued to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the White Mountain Indian Reservation, is postmarked at Fort Apache, Arizona.

The Rosebud Sioux Coin-Medal and book set comes from the Tribal post office in Rosebud, South Dakota.

The Moccasin Rural Station near the Paiute Tribal Headquarters, where the first shipments of the Paiute Coin-Medal and book set were postmarked, was closed forever on April 27, 1972. The balance of this issue will be mailed direct from Indian Tribal Series in Phoenix.

The Tribe receives a financial benefit from the sale of their issue. With the Havasupai the revenue goes into their general fund for education and welfare of their people. The same is true of the Hopi, Apache and Sioux.

The Paiute people plan to use their revenue for financing a projected dig or excavation. A large mound of earth near the Tribal headquarters is known to hold treasures from nearly a thousand years ago. The Paiutes believe it could be the key to the future of their Tribe. Unearthing artifacts of their ancestors by the Tribe itself would insure the retention of such "finds" and the establishment of a museum by the Paiutes providing a tourist attraction which, in turn, would provide employment for Tribal members.

Additional information can be obtained from: INDIAN TRIBAL SERIES 401 East Indian School Road Phoenix, Arizona 85012

John I. Griffin, Consultant

COMMEMORATIVE CEREMONIAL COLLECTION

Of Classic Indian 35mm Color Slides AR-45Z "White Painted Woman".cov. 1 CC-73 Canyon de Chelly .p. 3 IC-2 Laguna Shield Dancers . p. 16 IC-3 Zuni Poni Dance .p. 16 IC-7 Ute War Dancers ..p. 18 IC-8 Chanters Butterfly Dance....p. 18 IC-9 Women Butterfly Dancers... p. 18 IC-11 Alaskan Indians ..p. 18 IC-13 San Juans on Parade .р. 19 IC-14 Mexican Volador Team . p. 19 IC-16 Zuni Olla Maidens.. ...p. 19 IC-17 Men Butterfly Dancers ..p. 19 IC-21 Taos Dance Leader .р. 20 IC-22 Aztec in Royal Dress . p. 20 IC-23 Pueblo Maiden .р. 20 IC-24 Kiowa Maiden .р. 20 IC-25 Paiute Singer .р. 20 IC-26 Kiowa Dancers ..р. 20 IC-27 Laguna Arrow Dancers .р. 20 IC-28 San Juan Deer Dancer .р. 20 IC-29 Taos Dancer ..p. 21 IC-30 Plains Hoop Dancer . p. 21 IC-31 San Juan Dancer .p. 21 IC-32 Navajo Hoop Dancer ..p. 21 IC-33 Ute Woman . p. 21 IC-34 Grey Squirrel Group ... p. 21 IC-35 Paiute War Dancers .p. 21 IC-36 Pat Trujillo, Kiowa Dancer. p. 21. IC-37 Santa Clara Drummer .p. 22 IC-38 Sioux Chief ..p. 22 IC-39 Navajo War Dancer ..p. 22 IC-40 Jemez Buffalo Dancer .р. 22 IC-41 Sioux Double Tail Bonnet. p. 22IC-42 Crow Medicine Man .p. 22 IC-43 Zuni Antelope Dancers . p. 22 IC-44 Sioux Medicine Man .р. 22 IC-45 Ute War Dancer . p. 23 IC-46 Zuni Women Deer Dancer.. p. 23 IC-47 Northern Cheyenne Indian. p. 23 IC-48 Navajo Ribbon Dance . p. 23 IC-49 Kiowa Maidens .p. 23 IC-50 Santa Clara Dancer .p. 23 IC-51 Sioux Dowager .р. 23 IC-52 San Juan Evergreen Dancer.. p. 23 IC-53A Aztec in Plumed Finery .р. 24 IC-53B Aztec in Plumed Finery .p. 24 IC-53C Aztec in Plumed Finery .р. 24 IC-54 Flying Voladors, Mexico .р. 25 IC-55 Laguna Shield Dancers . p. 26 IC-56 Aztecs in Night Ceremony..p. 26 IC-57 Quetzale Dance-Aztecan. p. 26-27 IC-58 San Juan Deer Dance .p. 26 IC-59 Kiowa Black Leggings . p. 26 IC-60 Kiowa Two-Step Dance . p. 26 IC-61 Pueblo Olla Maidens . p. 26 IC-62 Navajo Feather Dance .p. 26 IC-63 Back and Forth Dance . p. 26 IC-64 Cochiti Harvest Dance. p. 26-27 IC-65 Hopi Buffalo Dance .p. 27 IC-66 Jemez Buffalo Dance .p. 27 IC-67 Zuni-Supai Dance .р. 27 IC-68 Laguna Eagle Dance .p. 27 IC-69 Pima Ceremony . p. 27 IC-70 Zuni Rainbow Dance . p. 27 IC-71 Laguna Arrow Dance .p. 27 IC-72 San Carlos Crown Dancers. p. 27

Special Selection of 66 35mm COLOR SLIDES $1750

Absolutely No Substitutions!

A total of ninety-nine slides are listed for this July 1972 issue, including those in the Commemorative Collection. Slides may be purchased singly or per our usual rate schedule as follows. 35mm slides in 2" mounts, 1 to 15 slides, 40¢ each; 16 to 48 slides, 35¢ each; 50 or more, 3 for $1.00. Catalog of previous slides issued available on request. The special price of $17.50 for 66 slides applies only to those listed in the Commemorative Ceremonial Collection Special Selection. Absolutely no substitutions will be made for the set. Address all orders and requests for slide information to: COLOR CLASSIC SLIDES, Arizona Highways Magazine, 2039 West Lewis, Phoenix, Arizona 85009.

Other Color Classic 35mm Slides From This July 1972 Edition

AR-46Z "Spruce Log Tipi" Apache Sunrise Ceremony .cov. 2 AR-47Z "Apache Crown Dancers" Apache Sunrise Ceremony.cov. 2 AR-48Z "Navajo Fire Dancers" .cov. 3 AR-49Z "Zuni Turkey Dancers" .cov. 4 MV-74 Twilight Mood near Kayenta. p. 10 IN-11Z Indian Country near Round Rock . p. 10 IN-12Z Ha-He-No-Geh Canyon ..p. 13 IN-13Z Shiprock, New Mexico .p. 13 AR-50Z "Going Visiting"... .p. 13 AR-51Z "Land of the Navajos" ..p. 14-15 IN-14Z Hogan in Monument Valley.. p. 14 IN-15Z Navajo Father and Child .... p. 14 IN-16Z Weaving .p. 15 IN-17Z Navajo Woman .p. 15 IC-4 Zuni Children Watching Other Dancers .p. 17 AR-52Z "Navajo Encampment". . p. 17 IC-5 Navajo Tribal Band .p. 18 IC-6 Zuni Band .p. 18 IC-10 Livestock on Parade .p. 18 IC-12 Quechan from Yuma .p. 18 IC-15 Zuni Pueblo Indian Band..... p. 19 IC-18 Colorado River Indian Band..p. 19 IC-19 Family Covered Wagon .р. 19 IC-20 Jicarilla Apache Band .p. 19 HA-49 Havasu Falls .p. 28 IZ-23 Zuni Arts and Crafts .p. 31 TC-11Z Pioneer Village, Arizona.. p. 34-35 TC-12Z Women at Work .p. 35 TC-13Z Pioneer, Arizona .p. 38 TC-14Z Valley Bank - Pioneer, Arizona .p. 38 TC-15Z Church Altar at Harvest Time .p. 38 AR-53Z "Retired". . p. 38 TC-16Z Pioneers at Work .p. 38

For the pioneers of Arizona to build communities on the frontier a century or so ago required a lot of guts, vision and dedication. TV westerns and fifty-cent paperbacks to the contrary notwithstanding, the frontier was not populated mainly by badmen and lawmen. The vast majority of the people who built the pioneer villages and ranches, businesses and enterprises of Arizona were incredibly hard workers devoted to a high ideal.

So it is in no way intended to discredit them to point out that a group of modern Arizona pioneers have discovered it is even more difficult to build a frontier village in modern Arizona! Despite all the vaunted advances in construction methods; despite a widely heralded, growing interest in the preservation of a knowledge of and respect for our heritage; and despite the outstanding successes of a number of similar ventures elsewhere, it has taken 15 years of real dedication, and hard work to bring the living-history museum called Pioneer Arizona into being.

Today on the Black Canyon Highway (Interstate 17) just 25 miles north of downtown Phoenix stands Pioneer, a village of either original or completely authentic historical recreations of the structures where Arizonans of long ago lived, worked, prayed and played. As of now it is larger and far more interesting than many a real pioneer village ever grew.

What's more, it is populated daily, 365 days a year, by guides and artisans carrying on the activities of yesteryear just as they were in the days of long ago. Twenty buildings are complete and furnished and invite the visitor to experience the living recreation of what Arizona life was like away back when.

This is the critical differences between an open-air museum and the far less common living-history museum. Indeed, Pioneer Arizona is the only living history musem west of the Rocky Mountains. It is in concept very similar to Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, a place in which the visitor is immediately immersed in the sights, the sounds, the smells and the