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Descent among the Apache, 22, 132 among the Navaho, 136 See INHERITANCE

Designs, pottery, of Navaho gods, 95 See ORNAMENT

Dĭgí̆n. See HOLY PEOPLE

Dĭné̆, Navaho tribal name, 97, 138

Directions. See CARDINAL POINTS

Disease, how expelled by Jicarillas, 60 how regarded by Apache, 29, 35 origin of, in Navaho mythology, 93 God of, of Apache, 33 See Medicine; Medicine-men; Tubadzĭschí̆nĭ

Divorce among the Jicarillas, 55 See MARRIAGE

Doh. See FLY

Doklí̆nĭ. See NABAKÉLTĬ

Dokóŏslit, a Navaho sacred mountain, 91

Dónĭ Tlí̆shĭ Nôĭltánsh. See DAS LAN

Dreamer. See BĬLH AHATÍ̆NĬ

Dreams, ceremonies affected by, 133 God of, in Apache cosmology, 31 See VISIONS

Dress. See CLOTHING

Drowning, rescue from, attributed to gods, 109

Drum, basket, of the Jicarillas, 57 basket, used in Navaho Night Chant, 119, 121 medicine, of Apache, 11 used in Apache dance, 48

Dry-paintings of the Apache, 41, 47 of the Jicarillas, 56, 57 of the Navaho, 78, 79, 115, 119-123, 138

Dutlí̆shĭ Nalí̆n, Turquoise Girl, 31, 34 See also TURQUOISE WOMAN

Dutlí̆shĭ Skhĭn, Turquoise Boy, 31, 33

Dwellings of the Apache, 131 of the Jicarillas, 54, 134 of the Navaho, 74-76, 80-81, 136, 138 See HOGÁN; HOUSES; TIPIS

Eagle, feathers of, in Jicarilla myth, 63-64, 68 feathers of, in Navaho myth, 100 feathers of, in puberty rite, 46 giant, in Jicarilla myth, 66-68 giant, in Navaho myth, 106

Eagle People, how supplicated, 40

Earth, creation of, in Apache myth, 26

Earth Daughter of Apache mythology, 27, 28

Earth God of Navaho mythology, 98

Earth Messengers of Apache mythology, 31, 32

Elk in Jicarilla mythology, 65

Ĕnásho Dĭlhklí̆shĕn, an Apache deity, 31, 34

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