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by Mike Burns; Gregory McNamee (Editor)

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Mike Burns--born Hoomothya--was around eight years old in 1872 when the US military murdered his family and as many as seventy-six other Yavapai men, women, and children in the Skeleton Cave Massacre in Arizona. One of only a few young survivors, he was adopted by an army captain and ended up serving as a scout in the US army and adventuring in the West. Before his death in 1934, Burns wrote about the massacre, his time fighting in the Indian Wars during the 1880s, and life among the Kwevkepaya and Tolkepaya Yavapai. His precarious position between the white and Native worlds gives his account a distinctive narrative voice.

Because Burns was unable to find a publisher during his lifetime, these firsthand accounts of history from a Native perspective remained unseen through much of the twentieth century, archived at the Sharlot Hall Museum in Prescott. Now Gregory McNamee has brought Burns's text to life, making this extraordinary tale an accessible and compelling read. Generations after his death, Mike Burns finally gets a chance to tell his story.

This autobiography offers a missing piece of Arizona history--as one of the only Native American accounts of the Skeleton Cave Massacre--and contributes to a growing body of history from a Native perspective. It will be an indispensable tool for scholars and general readers interested in the West--specifically Arizona history, the Apache wars, and Yavapai and Apache history and lifeways.


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  • Title The Only One Living to Tell: The Autobiography of a Yavapai Indian
  • Author Mike Burns; Gregory McNamee (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 192
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Arizona Press
  • Publication date 2012
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps
  • ISBN 9780816501205 / 0816501203
  • Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.6 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Yavapai Indians, Burns, Mike
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011046513
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Choice, 11/01/2012, Page 0
  • Kirkus Reviews, 03/15/2012, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 03/01/2012, Page 102

About the author

Gregory McNamee is a writer, editor, and photographer based in Tucson. He is the author of the modern classic Gila: The Life and Death of an American River and is the author or editor of more than thirty other books.

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