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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
Batten—17, 19, 20, 22, 23, 44, 46, 80, 97, 98, 100, 105, 213, 217
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-Monster—236
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
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
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
Double-Painting—203
Dye, cliff rose—268
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
Dyes, Hopi—266
Earth—181
Earth-Mother—169
Earth People—194
Earth-Sky sand painting—200, 203
Enemy-Slayer—171, 172, 178, 202
Female Shooting Chant—208
Finishing a rug—47
Fire-God—173
Fort Sumner—234
Gallup—29, 117, 118, 224, 255, 257
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
Heddle—12
Hogan, description of—2
Holy Ones—173
Horned-Rattlers—181
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
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
Loomframe—22, 44, 46, 213, 272, 279, 280
Loomframe, Tom makes a—7, 10, 11, 12
Loom harness—12
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
Mordant for dyeing—266, 268, 270, 272
Mountain-Sheep—194
Navajo, Annual Council of the—67
Navajo bread—102
Navajo dress styles—66
Navajo family protocol—8, 64, 65
Navajo nicknames—34
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
Otter-Man—174
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
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 family—3
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
Salt-Woman—169
Sand painting—26, 155, 190 thru 200
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
Sphinx-Worm—174
Spindle—279
Spinning—25
Spreading-Creek—172
Squaw Dance—237
Stringing a large rug—278
Summer—180
Summer People—180
Sun—170, 173. 174, 176, 181. 182, 187, 201
Sun People—180
Sunrise (a village)—236 thru 242
Tannic acid—270
Thoreau (New Mexican village)—210, 212, 224
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
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, 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
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
Weft (weaving term)—17, 19, 21, 22, 25, 32, 45, 46, 47, 61, 70, 73, 107, 113, 211, 217, 219, 224, 281
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
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