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• Physical Description: 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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Sandpaintings.
Navajo Indians > Rites and ceremonies.
Navajo mythology.