Miles being initiated into Hopi Water Clan (Patkinyamu) village of Shungopovi, 1981. These “aunties” give his Hopi name after his hair has been washed. Miles’ Hopi name is Nuvataka, which doesn’t directly translate, but roughly means ‘man in snow’
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