Native American Authors

Refugio Savala , 1904-

Yaqui

Refugio Savala was born just south of the United States border but grew up in southern Arizona. Savala was fluent in Spanish, Yaqui, and English.

Online resources by or about Refugio Savala:

The Legend of Skeleton Mountain
Author: Refugio Savala
Type: etext
Description: Text of Savala’s story “The Legend of Skeleton Mountain” from The Arizona Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1945).
URL: http://www.library.arizona.edu/yaqui/southcorneroftime/skeleton.html
The Singing Tree
Author: Refugio Savala
Type: etext
Description: Text of Savala’s story “Singing Tree” from The Arizona Quarterly, vol. 1, no. 1 (spring 1945).
URL: http://www.library.arizona.edu/yaqui/southcorneroftime/singtree.html

Books by Refugio Savala:

Savala, Refugio. The autobiography of a Yaqui poet
Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1980.
Genre: Autobiography

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