Contents

Introduction	xv
1: THE PUEBLO PEOPLE	3
THE CLIFF DWELLERS	5
THE WHITE MAN; POPÉ OF SAN JUAN	13
THE PUEBLO INDIAN AND THE AMERICAN	22
II: DANCES OF THE RIO GRANDE PUEBLOS	29
WINTER DANCES	35
The Deer-dance at Taos	36
The Buffalo- and Deer-dance at San Felipe	40
SPRING DANCES	44
The Parrot-dance at Santo Domingo	45
The Turtle- or Evergreen-dance at Isleta	49
The Eagle-dance at Tesuque	53
SUMMER AND AUTUMN DANCES	55
The Corn-dance at Santo Domingo	56
The Rainbow-dance at Santa Clara	60
The Pecos Bull at Jemez	61
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III: DANCES OF ZUÑI PUEBLO	67
THE SWORD-SWALLOWERS	72
THE SUMMER RAIN-DANCE	86
THE DOLL-DANCE	89
THE SHALAKO	91
THE LEAVING OF THE GODS	106
IV: THE HOPIS	115
KATCHINAS	120
V: HOPI DANCES	125
THE BEAN-PLANTING CEREMONY	125
NIMAN KATCHINA: THE GOING-AWAY OF THE GODS	135
THE SNAKE LEGEND	145
THE SNAKE-DANCE	148
Preliminary Ceremonies	148
The Antelope-dance	154
The Day of the Snake-dance	159
The Snake-dance	162
LALAKONTI, A WOMEN'S CEREMONY	168
VI: THE NAVAJOS	179
"DINNE," THE PEOPLE	179
NAVAJOS AND SPAIN	183
THE AMERICAN CONQUEST OF THE NAVAJOS	185
THE BOSQUE REDONDO	189
THE RESERVATION AND THE GOVERNMENT	190
NAVAJO LIFE	194
CEREMONIES	199
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VII: NAVAJO RELIGION	203
MEDICINE-MEN	203
THE SQUAW-DANCE	206
THE MOUNTAIN CHANT	208
The Legend of the Mountain Chant	208
Going to the Mountain Chant	212
Preliminary Ceremonies	215
The Ninth Day	218
The Last Night	221
The Fire-dance	230
THE NIGHT CHANT	233
The Initiation	235
The Last Day	237
The Night of Dancing	239
VIII: THE APACHES	249
IX: APACHE DANCES	257
THE MESCALERO APACHE FOURTH OF JULY	257
THE FOURTH OF JULY	260
THE JICARILLA APACHE FIESTA	269
INDEX	277

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