TUSAYAN KATCINAS BY JESSE WALTER FEWKES EXTRACT FROM THE FIFTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BUREAU OF ETHNOLOGY [Illustration] WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1897 CONTENTS Page Introduction 251 Tabular view of the sequence of Tusayan celebrations 255 Names of months and corresponding ceremonials 256 Means of determining the time for ceremonials 258 Classification of ceremonials 260 Discussion of previous descriptions of Katcinas 264 Classification of Katcinas 265 Elaborate Katcinas 268 Soyáluña 268 Katcina’s return 273 Powámû 274 Pálülükoñti 291 Nimánkatcina 292 Abbreviated Katcinas 292 Characteristics 292 Síocálako 296 Pawíkkatcina 299 Áñakatcina 303 Comparative study of Katcina dances in Cibola and Tusayan 304 ILLUSTRATIONS Page PLATE CIV. _A_, Shield with star symbol; _B_, Soyáluña shield with star and unknown symbol; _C_, Symbolic sun shield 262 CV. The Natácka ceremony at Walpi 267 CVI. Hahaíwüqti, Natácka, and Soyókmana 272 CVII. Doll of Cálakomana 278 CVIII. Katcina mask with squash-blossom appendage and rain-cloud symbolism 286 CIX. Doll of Cálakomana (mistakenly given on the plate as Cálakotaka) 294 CX. Head-dress of Alosaka 301 CXI. A Powámû mask 306 FIGURE 39. Tablet of the Palahíkomana mask 262 40. The Áñakatcina 294