Among Turtle Hunters & Basket Makers: Adventures with the Seri Indians

About this book

In the summer of 1968 a young American grad student encountered a group of determined Seri women selling baskets to tourists along the Pacific coast of Mexico. What ensued was an adventure that lasted thirty years. Young Burckhalter joined the last of the turtle harpooners in the Sea of Cortez danced to the rhythms of drum and rattle and brought the Seri Indians unique crafts out into the international market. Here is his amazing story of life with the last of the temperate hunter-gatherers in North-America--a travel adventure that reveals one of the most remarkable human transformations of the twentieth century. Photographs by the author as well as historic photographs.