By: Jakob Hanes
Emory Sekaquaptewa was at once a visionary and a realist — a combination few are blessed with, but a paradoxical trait that produced a lasting legacy.
Not everyone can look back and say they wrote their nation's first dictionary and helped revive a language that faced extinction, but those are just a few of the things he accomplished in his lifetime.
Sekaquaptewa was a professor, an anthropologist, a judge and a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He died Dec. 14, leaving a legacy hallmarked by his efforts to preserve the Hopi language.
He never missed an opportunity to bring up Hopi language and his love of silversmithing, said his wife, Mary.
"When somebody came to the house, he'd want to take them out and show them the silver bench," she said. "I always think of him as a Renaissance man because he was so multifaceted and complex."
Mary described herself as "his biggest fan," and did everything she could to support her husband's plethora of work.
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