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Spider Woman, by Gladys A. Reichard, [1934], at sacred-texts.com


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Index

Adjiba—37

Angela—34, 234, 248, 249, 252, 258

Atlnaba—7, 8, 14, 27, 28, 34, 35, 36, 37, 44, 51, 88, 89, 96, 101, 107, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 117, 119, 121, 122, 127, 129, 130, 151, 154, 155, 157, 158, 160, 182, 187, 187, 192, 209, 220, 221, 222, 226, 227, 228, 236, 248, 249, 256, 270, 274, 280, 282, 284

Atlnaba's tapestry—27, 28

Batten—17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 44, 46, 80, 97, 98, 100, 105, 213, 217

Bead Chant—283, 284

Beading needle—46

Bear—173

Bear-Man—171

Beaver-Man—174

Ben—51, 53, 97, 101, 104, 115, 116, 120, 129, 151, 157, 180, 230, 266, 283

Ben Wilson—63, 64, 65, 67, 126, 147, 260 ,275

Ben Wilson's Wife—35, 192, 256

Big-Fly—177, 194, 198

Big-Man—230, 231

Big-Mexican—247, 266

Big-Monster—236

Big-Woman—255, 258

Binding strands—20, 45, 60

Black Ears—244

Black Mountain—137, 140, 141, 194, 232, 254, 264, 270

Black-Moustache—285

Black Sky—180

Black Wind—182

Blue-Eyes—145

Blue lake—169

Buffalo Painting—203

Butte-Reaching-to-the-Sky—209

Carding—25

Cha—72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 107, 108

Changing-Woman legend—169 thru 179, 236

Chant—26

Chant ceremony—26

Chanter—25

Chant-of-the-Sun's-House—181, 182, 183

Child-of-the-Water—171, 172,194, 198, 236

Chinlee (Chinle?)—140, 191

Cloth beam—31

Comb—18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 32, 45, 61, 97, 215, 282

Cornfields—250

Cornfly Girl—181

Corn-Stalk-with-Twelve- Ears—203

Craving-for-Meat—178

Crosspole—17

Crystal—183, 184

Curly—55, 56, 57

Curly's Son—14, 28, 35, 62, 85, 101, 115, 117, 131, 149, 151, 154, 155, 156, 159, 161, 163, 164, 165, 168,
180, 187, 193, 255, 260, 280

Dan—51, 53, 101, 104, 115, 117, 118 ,119, 151, 152, 180, 208, 236, 258, 266, 283

Desire—178

Diagonal weaving line—62

Djiba—35, 158, 208, 234, 249, 256, 258, 283

Djiba's-Mother—230, 231, 286

Double-faced blanket—223, 286

Double-Painting—203

Dye, black—272, 273

Dye, cliff rose—268

Dye, dock root—267, 268, 269

Dye, green—272

Dye, indigo blue—270, 271, 272

Dye, mountain mahogany—267, 269

Dye, owl's foot—267

Dye, purple four o’clock—267

Dye plants—112, 260 thru 273

Dyes, Hopi—266

Earth—181

Earth-Mother—169

Earth People—194

Earth-Sky sand painting—200, 203

Enemy-Slayer—171, 172, 178, 202

Eye-Killers—170, 175, 177

Female Shooting Chant—208

Finishing a rug—47

Fire-God—173

First-born—176, 194, 198, 236

Fort Defiance—187, 229, 266

Fort Sumner—234

Fort Wingate—68, 95, 144

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Gallup—29, 117, 118, 224, 255, 257

Gallup Ceremonial—117, 144

Ganado—3, 9, 28, 29, 50, 51, 60, 65, 66, 77, 81, 86, 91, 92, 109, 125, 126, 127, 133, 143, 184, 190, 219, 244, 245, 255, 270, 285

Girl's sing ceremony—100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105

Gray-Haired-Cactus—178

Green-corn macaroon—282

Hastin-Gani—261, 262, 265, 267, 278, 279, 280

Haystacks—265

Heald—12, 19, 20, 44, 211, 212, 214, 215, 221, 224, 280, 281

Heald loops—12, 17, 46, 213, 217, 218, 279, 281

Heald rod—12, 17, 19, 46

Heddle—12

Hogan, description of—2

Holy Ones—173

Horned-Monster—169, 175

Horned-Rattlers—181

Hot Springs—194, 195

Hose blessing chant—150, 151

Hunger—178

Joanna Godden—14

John Tallman—133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 229, 238

Joining stitches—61

Juan's-Wife—223, 224, 225

Kicking-Off-Rock—169, 175

Kinni's-Sons—212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 281, 287

Kinlichi—28

KnifeChant—250, 251, 254, 257, 274

Knife-Reeds—172

Little-Man-with-the-Spectacles—144, 210

Little-Singer—247, 250

Little-Woman—255, 257

Loomframe—22, 44, 46, 213, 272, 279, 280

Loomframe, Tom makes a—7, 10, 11, 12

Loom harness—12

Loom posts—8, 9

Male Shooting Chant—257

Mario Antonia—7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 16, 21, 22, 24, 25, 34, 35, 44, 46, 48, 52, 55, 68, 71, 79, 83, 85, 86, 88, 94, 95, 96, 98, 109. 111, 121, 124, 125, 127, 131, 132, 146, 147, 148, 149, 151, 199, 200, 222, 226, 227, 228, 233, 234 235, 241, 245, 248, 249, 251, 253, 255, 256, 259, 277, 284

Marie—This name appears on 96% of the pages of this book, so we have omitted cataloging the name by page.

Marie learns to weave—37 thru 43

Marie's house—5

Mary—209

Measuring-Worm—172

Medicine chants—137

Mocking-Bird-Woman—172

Molly—141, 143

Monster-Evil—169, 175, 177

Moon—181, 182, 187

Mordant for dyeing—266, 268, 270, 272

Mountain-Sheep—194

Mud Dance—244, 245, 246

Navajo, Annual Council of the—67

Navajo bread—102

Navajo Council—65, 66, 68

Navajo dress styles—66

Navajo family life—62, 63

Navajo family protocol—8, 64, 65

Navajo kin terms—35, 36

Navajo nicknames—34

Navajo wedding—133 thru 143

Nazlini Cañon—262

Night Chant—248

Ninaba—10, 14, 25, 35, 44, 51, 109, 117, 118, 129, 145, 146, 151, 152, 155, 156, 159, 160, 161, 165, 166, 181, 188, 191, 198, 199, 201, 205, 208, 210, 221, 230, 234, 238, 256, 258, 282

Old-Age-Traveling—176

Old-Mexican's-Son—3, 5, 48, 119, 133, 145, 187, 191, 193, 247, 250, 257, 278, 286

Oraibi—266, 267

Otter—194, 198

Otter-Man—174

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Paul—91

Place-of-the-Large-Cornstalk—194

Place-of-the-Walking-About-clan—277

Plants used in medicine sing—148

Polacca Hopi village—138, 141, 143

Pollen-Boy—181

Poverty—178

Purl—20

Rainstorm—80, 81

Rattler—173

Rattler-Man—171

Red-Point—Like Marie, this name appears too frequently in the pages of this book that index reference seems useless. We have omitted cataloging this name by page, as the pagination would serve no purpose.

Red-Point's art—26, 27

Red-Point's family—3

Reed—12, 19, 21, 44, 46

Regulating tension (weaving term)—30

Rove—279

Ruby—51, 53, 54, 55, 77, 81, 116, 122, 127, 157, 193, 234

Saddle blanket patterns—210, 211

Saddle blanket weaves—280, 281

Sage-Woman—257

Saint Michael's—266

Salaine—138, 139, 141

Salt-Woman—169

Sand painting—26, 155, 190 thru 200

Scallop (weaving term)—21, 61

Second-born—176

Sheds (weaving term)—12, 19, 44, 46, 80, 105, 110, 211, 213, 214, 217, 221

Sheep dip sing—121, 122, 123, 124, 125

Shooting Chant—144 thru 209, 230, 284

Short-Paints—144, 210, 212, 214, 264

Shuttle (weaving term)—19, 44, 45

Silversmith—96, 97, 100, 101, 102, 104

Sky People—180

Sleep—178

Sliding-Sand-Dune—173

Snake Dance, Hopi—266, 267

Spider Woman—172, 173

Sphinx-Worm—174

Spindle—279

Spinning—25

Spreading-Creek—172

Squaw Dance—237

Stringing a large rug—278

Stuck in the sand—55 thru 58

Summer—180

Summer People—180

Sun—170, 173. 174, 176, 181. 182, 187, 201

Sun People—180

Sunrise (a village)—236 thru 242

Talking-God—171, 172, 177

Tannic acid—270

Thoreau (New Mexican village)—210, 212, 224

Thunder—173, 194, 198

Tom—5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 28, 35, 48, 51, 62, 81, 83, 85, 86. 87, 101, 104, 105, 109, 110, 111, 115, 127, 128, 147, 149, 151, 152, 156, 157, 160, 161, 163, 164, 184, 185, 186, 187, 190, 193, 227, 228, 229, 236, 237, 239, 241, 255, 256, 260, 266, 275, 277, 285

Throwing-Against-Rocks—169, 175

Tonto—92

Tornado—90, 91

Totlani's-Wife—207, 208, 229, 234

Towcords (weaving term)—215

Tracking-Bear—175

Twill effect weaving technique—219

Twins'-Mother—261, 262, 266, 267, 269, 270, 274, 280

Two ply cord (weaving term)—279

Vegetal dyes—112, 113, 230, 260

Walking-Stone—170

Want—178

War Dance—208, 230, 233 thru 239, 255, 256, 271, 274, 276, 284

Warp (weaving term)—10, 1l, 12, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 31, 32, 33, 44, 45, 46, 60, 61, 70, 73, 75, 77, 94, 98, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 113, 128, 210, 212, 213. 214, 217, 218, 219, 224, 278, 279, 280, 281, 286

Warp, crooked—17

Warp, repair of—32, 33

Warp, texture of—18

Warp. winding—11

Water-Horse—180

Water-in-the-Ground (Indian village)—207, 230, 233, 234, 238, 239, 244, 245, 247, 248

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Water-Monster—180

Water People—180

Weaving a design—70, 71, 74, 75, 130

Weaving a sand painting pattern—27

Weaving the last inch of the loom—44, 45, 46

Weaving-Woman—34, 71, 192, 205

Weaving-Woman, introduction of—3

Weaving-Woman's first rug—17, 31, 36, 47, 48, 49

Weaving-Woman's second rug—50, 60

Weaving-Woman's house—6

Web (weaving term)—31, 33, 61

Weft (weaving term)—17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 32, 45, 46, 47, 61, 70, 73, 107, 113, 211, 217, 219, 224, 281

White-Haired-Woman—236, 244

White-Haired-White-Woman—264

White-Sands—1, 5, 6, 34, 63, 87, 90, 98, 109, 116, 129, 144, 148, 203, 204, 210, 212, 226, 227, 228, 259, 264, 265, 267, 280

Wind—172, 173, 177, 180, 187

Woman-of-the-Red-Streak-Clan—270

Wool, washing the—52

Yarn dyeing—23

Yarn winding technique—30

Yellow Wind—182

Yikadezba—35, 51, 64, 65, 85, 97, 127, 129, 142, 158, 208, 228, 275

Yikadezba's-Mother—63, 64, 65, 67, 83, 131, 226, 230