Dancing Gods : Indian Ceremonials of New Mexico and Arizona

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Pub. Date: 2001-04-01
Publisher(s): Univ of New Mexico Pr
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Summary

One of the most remarkable features of life in the Southwest is the presence of Native American religious ceremonies in communities that are driving distance from Sunbelt cities. Many of these ceremonies are open to the public and this is the best single reference for visitors to dances at the Rio Grande Pueblos, Zuni Pueblo, the Hopi Mesas, and the Navajo and Apache reservations. Fergusson's classic guide to New Mexico and Arizona Indian ceremonies is once again available in print. It offers background information on the history and religion of the area's Native American peoples and describes the principal public ceremonies and some lesser-known dances that are rarely performed. Here is information on the major Pueblo rituals -- the Corn Dance, Deer Dance, and Eagle Dance -- as well as various dances at Zuni, including the complicated Shalako. Fergusson also describes the Hopi bean-planting and Niman Kachina ceremonies in addition to the Snake Dance, the Navajo Mountain Chant and Night Chant, and several Apache ceremonies.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Tony Hillerman
Introduction xv
The Pueblo People
3(26)
The Cliff Dwellers
5(8)
The White Man; Pope of San Juan
13(9)
The Pueblo Indian and the American
22(7)
Dances of the Rio Grande Pueblos
29(38)
Winter Dances
35(9)
The Deer-dance at Taos
36(4)
The Buffalo- and Deer-dance at San Felipe
40(4)
Spring Dances
44(11)
The Parrot-dance at Santo Domingo
45(4)
The Turtle- or Evergreen-dance at Isleta
49(4)
The Eagle-dance at Tesuque
53(2)
Summer and Autumn Dances
55(12)
The Corn-dance at Santo Domingo
56(4)
The Rainbow-dance at Santa Clara
60(1)
The Pecos Bull at Jemez
61(6)
Dances of Zuni Pueblo
67(48)
The Sword-Swallowers
72(14)
The Summer Rain-Dance
86(3)
The Doll-Dance
89(2)
The Shalako
91(15)
The Leaving of the Gods
106(9)
The Hopis
115(10)
Katchinas
120(5)
Hopi Dances
125(54)
The Bean-Planting Ceremony
125(10)
Niman Katchina: The Going-Away of the Gods
135(10)
The Snake Legend
145(3)
The Snake-Dance
148(20)
Preliminary Ceremonies
148(6)
The Antelope-dance
154(5)
The Day of the Snake-dance
159(3)
The Snake-dance
162(6)
Lalakonti, A Women's Ceremony
168(11)
The Navajos
179(24)
``Dinne,'' The People
179(4)
Navajos and Spain
183(2)
The American Conquest of the Navajos
185(4)
The Bosque Redondo
189(1)
The Reservation and the Government
190(4)
Navajo Life
194(5)
Ceremonies
199(4)
Navajo Religion
203(46)
Medicine-Men
203(3)
The Squaw-Dance
206(2)
The Mountain Chant
208(25)
The Legend of the Mountain Chant
208(4)
Going to the Mountain Chant
212(3)
Preliminary Ceremonies
215(3)
The Ninth Day
218(3)
The Last Night
221(9)
The Fire-dance
230(3)
The Night Chant
233(16)
The Initiation
235(2)
The Last Day
237(2)
The Night of Dancing
239(10)
The Apaches
249(8)
Apache Dances
257(20)
The Mescalero Apache Fourth of July
257(3)
The Fourth of July
260(9)
The Jicarilla Apache Fiesta
269(8)
Index 277

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