This article is about the Hillerman novel. For Native American Sacred Clowns, see Sacred Clown. For the Lakota religious figures, see Heyoka.
Sacred Clowns
First edition cover
Author
Tony Hillerman
Cover artist
Peter Thorpe
Country
USA
Language
English
Series
Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police Series
Genre
Detective fiction
Set in
Navajo Nation in Southwestern United States
Published
1993 HarperCollins
Media type
Print and audio
Pages
305
Awards
nominated 1994 Anthony Award for Best Novel
ISBN
0-06-016767-X
OCLC
28025657
Preceded by
Coyote Waits (1990)
Followed by
The Fallen Man (1996)
Sacred Clowns is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the eleventh in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published in 1993.
Murders happen on both the Navajo reservation and the Tano Pueblo. One happens during a Tano ceremonial, with the koshares (sacred clowns) and kachinas performing. Leaphorn is in charge of a new investigation unit, with Chee as his sole staff support.
SacredClowns is a crime novel by American writer Tony Hillerman, the eleventh in the Joe Leaphorn/Jim Chee Navajo Tribal Police series, first published...
The Pueblo clowns (sometimes called sacredclowns) are jesters or tricksters in the Kachina religion (practiced by the Pueblo natives of the southwestern...
The heyoka (heyókȟa, also spelled "haokah," "heyokha") is a kind of sacredclown in the culture of the Sioux (Lakota and Dakota people) of the Great Plains...
purposes related to sacred rituals and social cohesion. Circus clowns function as a clown society, in occidental culture. Sacredclowns are called heyoka...
of the world: Many native traditions held clowns and tricksters as essential to any contact with the sacred. People could not pray until they had laughed...
non-fictional work which was nominated at the 1992 Anthony Awards. His novel SacredClowns received a "Best Novel" nomination at the 1994 Anthony Awards, and the...
God (1989) ISBN 0-06-109918-X Coyote Waits (1990) ISBN 0-06-109932-5 SacredClowns (1993) ISBN 0-06-109260-6 The Fallen Man (1996) ISBN 0-06-109288-6 The...
Parsons, Elsie Clews; Beals, Ralph L. (October–December 1934). "The SacredClowns of the Pueblo and Mayo-Yaqui Indians". American Anthropologist. 36 (4):...
(1986) A Thief of Time (1988) Talking God (1989) Coyote Waits (1990) SacredClowns (1993) The Fallen Man (1996) The First Eagle (1998) Hunting Badger (1999)...
Rock, Arizona Kirkus Reviews finds this novel's plot less complex than SacredClowns, but irresistible: Legendary Lt. Joe Leaphorn has finally retired from...
sense of humor.: 29 The clown's more subtle and sacred role is in the Hopis' ritual performances. The sacred functions of the clowns are relatively private...
Trickster Hawenniyo A fertility god Kaakvha Solar deity Sioux Haokah Sacredclown Anpao Spirit with two faces that represents the dawn Snohomish Dohkwibuhch...
reach out to people. When we're dressed up like that, kind of like sacredclowns, it allows people to interact with us." The organization of the Sisters...
a type of Ashkenazic Jewish professional wedding entertainer, poet, sacredclown, and master of ceremonies originating in Eastern Europe, with a history...
primordiality. Native American clowns are ridiculous in their contrary and rule breaking antics. In the film Little Big Man, the sacredclown rides sitting backwards...
Print & Audio Book Pages 292 Awards Nero Award 1991 ISBN 0-06-016370-4 OCLC 21337349 Preceded by Talking God (1989) Followed by SacredClowns (1993) ...
(thunder beings) is believed to involuntarily make someone a Heyókȟa, a sacredclown. Black Elk, a famous Heyókȟa said: "Only those who have had visions of...
– 7:15 "Shoot All the Clowns" – 4:55 "Son of a Gun" – 5:44 "Tears of the Dragon" – 6:27 "1000 Points of Light" – 3:53 "Sacred Cowboys" – 3:56 "Tattooed...
Finalist Joan Hess O Little Town of Maggody Finalist Tony Hillerman SacredClowns Finalist Janet LaPierre Old Enemies Finalist Margaret Maron Southern...
grand uncle to Chee, who is dying from lung cancer. He was also in SacredClowns. Old Lady Notah: Grazes her goats at Yells Back Butte, was nearby on...
the many whimsical clown actions. Their second and subtle role is in the sacred katsina rituals. The sacred functions of the clowns are relatively private...
Morons and Madmen Joan Hess, O Little Town of Maggody Tony Hillerman, SacredClowns Janet LaPierre, Old Enemies Margaret Maron, Southern Discomfort Kathy...
percussion Dean Ortega – vocals Mario Aguilar – percussion on "Shoot All the Clowns" Additional musicians Dickie Fliszar – drums on "Tears of the Dragon" Richard...
Press; in conjunction with Cedar Rapids, IA: Black Bart Press, 1985. SacredClowns, Holy Fools (written in collaboration with Steve Toth). Crescent City...
multi-disciplinary practice includes such genres as performance art, "sacredclowning," songwriting, and video art. Reece is of Cree, Tsimshian, Gitksan...
"deconstructing and reshaping memes and popular music, recontextualizing the sacred texts of millennial chat rooms." In a January 2014 interview, DJ Kevin Wang...
punokawan (clowns) but is divine and very wise. He is the dhanyang (guardian spirit) of Java, and is regarded by some as the most sacred figure of the...
family. While ghost horse is a warrior who chose to become a heyoka, or sacredclown, after his love Red Dress died. His spirit was said to guard over her...