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Title
UPTLA #85
Subject
Tom Polacca
Creator
Snowflake Stake Missionaries, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Date
1940
Identifier
UPTLA-085
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Subtitle
Tom Polacca
Story
Tom Polacca
Linguist, Trader, Rancher, Social and Religious Advocate Tom Polacca (Properly PALAK'A'A Butterfly) (1853-1911), Leader of the Corn Clan of the Hopi Tribe, was a man of unusual wisdom. Although opposed, he spent much of his life working for education, sanitation and elimination of disease among his people, He assisted Dr. J.W. Fewkes of Smithsonian Institution in compiling his book on Hopi traditions and ceremonies. Upon accepting Mormonism, he reconciled his Hopi traditions with the teachings of his Church, and advised his people to await the return of Mormon Missionaries, who would bring the true story of the origin of the Indians.
Linguist, Trader, Rancher, Social and Religious Advocate Tom Polacca (Properly PALAK'A'A Butterfly) (1853-1911), Leader of the Corn Clan of the Hopi Tribe, was a man of unusual wisdom. Although opposed, he spent much of his life working for education, sanitation and elimination of disease among his people, He assisted Dr. J.W. Fewkes of Smithsonian Institution in compiling his book on Hopi traditions and ceremonies. Upon accepting Mormonism, he reconciled his Hopi traditions with the teachings of his Church, and advised his people to await the return of Mormon Missionaries, who would bring the true story of the origin of the Indians.
Factoid
Monument next to family cemetery
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