Book
The windways of the Navaho.
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Physical Description:
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327 pages : illusustrations (part color) map, tables. 22 cm. - Publisher: [Colorado Springs] Taylor Museum of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 1962.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Bibliography: p. 323-327. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: the windways -- The uses of the windways -- The branches and phases of Navaho windway -- The songs and prayers of Navaho windway -- THe mythology of the wind chants -- The geography of Navaho windway -- The myth of Navaho windway; told by Black Mustache, recorded and translated by Father Berard Haile -- The origin of Chiricahua windway -- The mythology of Chiricahua Apache windway -- The songs and prayers of Chiricahua windway -- The myth of Chiricahua Apache windway; told by Slim Curly, recorded and translated by Father Berard Haile -- The myth of Chiricahua Apache windway; told by Salt Water Man, recorded and translated by Father Berard Haile -- The sandpaintings of the windways -- Reproductions of windway sandpaintings -- Color, sex, and directional symbolism -- Sandpainting symbols of Navaho windway -- Sandpainting symbols of Chiricahua windway. |
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| Subject: | Sandpaintings Navajo Indians Rites and ceremonies Navajo mythology |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at Northwest Indian College.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 99 .N3 R53 W96 1962 | 252177 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |
| Lummi Library | E 99 .N3 R53 W96 1962 | 284824 | Stacks | Reshelving | - |