Part 30

Arapaho, Jicarilla name for, 135

Arivaipa, Apache name for, 134 clans of the, 133

Armor in Navaho myth, 104, 105

Arrow-point as knife in ceremony, 118

Arrows in Jicarilla myth, 63, 65, 68 in Navaho myth, 89, 99, 105, 107-108, 114

Art, graphic, of the Apache, 20 See PAINTING

Arts of the Apache, 132 of the Jicarillas, 135 of the Navaho, 74, 136 See BASKETRY; HANDICRAFTS; INDUSTRIES; POTTERY; SILVER-WORK

Ástsĕ Ĕstsán, First Woman of the Navaho, 84, 90-95

Ástsĕ Hástĭn, First Man of the Navaho, 84, 90-96

Atsósĭ Hatál. See FEATHER CHANT

Áya Kĭnné̆, a traditional people, 106-107

Badger in Jicarilla mythology, 61 in Navaho mythology, 90

Badger People of the Navaho, 84, 95

Bahózhonchi, a Navaho priesthood, 83 songs of the, 125

Balíl, sacred wand of the Navaho, 93, 114, 116, 118

Basket in Jicarilla mythology, 68 medicine, in Navaho Night Chant, 118 wedding, of the Navaho, 126, 127

Basket drum of the Jicarillas, 57 in Navaho Night Chant, 119, 121

Basketry of the Apache, 20-21, 42, 132 of the Jicarillas, 54, 135 of the Navaho, 77, 136 sacred symbol prescribed for, 20, 21, 42, 44 See WATER BOTTLE

Baskets, burden, used by Apache, 17, 19, 132 Jicarilla, traded for corn, 134, 135

Bat in Jicarilla mythology, 67-68

Bathing by the Apache, 16 following puberty rite, 47 See HAIR-WASHING; WASHING

Bead Chant of the Navaho, 78

Beads, cross and crescent worked in, 42 of precious stones in Navaho myth, 104 shell, in Navaho mythology, 106-107 shell, mixed with pollen, 38 silver, of the Navaho, 76, 77 symbolic of prayer, 34 used in puberty rite, 46, 47 white, on medicine caps, 40

Beans depicted in dry-painting, 121

Bear People of Navaho mythology, 111

Bears in Apache mythology, 35 in Jicarilla mythology, 56, 58, 64 in Navaho dry-painting, 79 in Navaho mythology, 97, 102, 106 tabooed as food by Apache, 20 tabooed as food by Jicarillas, 135

Bear Springs valley, 11

Bear, Tracking, a Navaho monster, 99, 106