The North American Indian, Vol. 1Curtis, Edward S.
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The North American Indian, Vol. 1
Curtis, Edward S.
Indians of North America
_Copper-working_ by the Navaho, 77
_Corn_ deities of Navaho myth, 96
depicted in dry-painting, 121, 123
man born of, in Navaho myth, 84
prayers for, 38
túlapai made from, 19
used in puberty rite, 46-47, 125
_See_ SEED
_Corn-meal_, mush of, in Navaho marriage ceremony, 126
sacred use of, 38
used in drying hair, 125
_See also_ MEAL
_Cosmology._ _See_ GENESIS
_Costume_ of girls during puberty rite, 47
of Yébĭchai dancers, 122
_See_ CLOTHING
_Cotton_, blankets of, in Navaho mythology, 94
_Coyote_ in Jicarilla mythology, 69
in Navaho mythology, 87, 93
_Coyote Chant_ of the Navaho, 78
_Coyoteros_, Apache name for, 134
assigned to reservation, 8
clans of the, 132
organization of the, 22
population of the, 131
subdued by Crook, 8
_Cradle-board_ deposited with infant’s remains, 134
_Creation._ _See_ GENESIS
_Crescent._ _See_ Cross and Crescent
_Cricket Girl_ of Navaho myth, 96
_Crook_, Gen. George, Apache campaign by, 8-10
_Crops_, fructification of, by Yólkai Ĕstsán, 96
Goddess of, of Apache, 34
_See_ HARVESTS
_Cross_ in Apache myth, 30, 32
made by Apache, 10
on Apache medicine cap, 40
_Cross and crescent_ in Apache religion, 42
on Apache basketry, 21
origin of, among Apache, 43, 44
_Crow_ in Apache mythology, 28
in Jicarilla mythology, 61
in Navaho mythology, 112
_Crow People_ of the Navaho, 84
_Crystal._ _See_ QUARTZ CRYSTAL
_Cuticle_, people created from, 97
_Dance_ by Apache to revive dead, 10-11
during puberty rites, 46
for rain among Apache, 33
Harvest, of the Apache, 133
in Navaho myth, 108
of the Jicarillas, 58, 59
_See_ CEREMONIES; YÉBĬCHAI
_Dance of the Gods_ of Apache, 47-49
_Das Lan_, Apache medicine-man, 21, 37, 38, 42-46
_Dátĭlyĕ._ _See_ HUMMING-BIRD
_Davis_, Inspector-General, confers with Apache, 7
_Dawn_ in Navaho mythology, 87
_Dead_, Apache attempt to revive, 10
how regarded by Navaho, 80
_See_ BURIAL; MORTUARY CUSTOMS
_Death_, Apache conception of, 32
controlled by Yólkai Nalí̆n, 34
origin of, in Navaho myth, 93
_Death Goddess_ of the Apache, 34
_Deer_ in Apache myth, 35
_Deerskin_, Apache paintings on, 20
in Navaho myth, 91, 92, 94, 96, 97
masks of god personators, 48
used in maternity belt, 39
_Déĭlgĕt_, an Antelope monster, 99, 106
_Dĕpé̆nsa_, a Navaho sacred mountain, 91
_Descent_ among the Apache, 22, 132
among the Navaho, 136
_See_ INHERITANCE
_Designs_, pottery, of Navaho gods, 95
_See_ ORNAMENT
_Dĭgí̆n._ _See_ HOLY PEOPLE
_Dĭné̆_, Navaho tribal name, 97, 138
_Directions._ _See_ CARDINAL POINTS
_Disease_, how expelled by Jicarillas, 60
how regarded by Apache, 29, 35
origin of, in Navaho mythology, 93
God of, of Apache, 33
_See_ Medicine; Medicine-men; Tubadzĭschí̆nĭ
_Divorce_ among the Jicarillas, 55
_See_ MARRIAGE
_Doh._ _See_ FLY
_Doklí̆nĭ._ _See_ NABAKÉLTĬ
_Dokóŏslit_, a Navaho sacred mountain, 91
_Dó__n__ĭ Tlí̆shĭ Nôĭltá__n__sh._ _See_ DAS LAN
_Dreamer._ _See_ BĬLH AHATÍ̆NĬ
_Dreams_, ceremonies affected by, 133
God of, in Apache cosmology, 31
_See_ VISIONS
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