Yellow Woman Study Guide

Yellow Woman is both the title to this story as well as the name of the Pueblo legend that has been handed down through generations of native oral tradition. In the legend, which has a number of variations, a young woman will typically agree to leave her village with a spirit-walker (ka'tsina), forsaking her family and her village to ensure a benefit for the entire community in return, such as a supply of food or other security for the village. (read more)