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Emory Sekaquaptewa, esteemed University of Arizona (UA) anthropologist, Hopi educator, judge, artist and cultural treasure passed away Dec. 14. Among his most notable achievements is the compilation of a Hopi language dictionary (NHO file photo).

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TUCSON-University of Arizona (UA) anthropologist Emory Sekaquaptewa spent a lifetime working to save his Hopi culture and language from extinction, a passion he pursued to the end. Sekaquaptewa, Hopi educator, judge, artist and cultural treasure as well as a noted research anthropologist at the UA's Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology (BARA), died Dec. 14.

By Submitted by Johnny Cruz, UA December 27, 2007