Part 49

Sia, Navaho name for, 138

Sierra Madre, Apache captured in, 10

Silver ornaments used in marriage settlement, 126

Silver-work of the Navaho, 76-77, 136

Sí̆snají̆nĭ, a Navaho sacred mountain, 90

Skin, painted, of Apache, 29-35 See ANTELOPE SKIN; BUFFALO SKIN; DEERSKIN

Skirts, sacred, used in childbirth, 39 See CLOTHING

Skunk in Jicarilla mythology, 61

Sky, creation of, in Apache myth, 27, 28 creation of, in Navaho myth, 91

Sky God of the Apache, 27, 28, 31, 33 of the Navaho, 98

Sky Messengers of Apache myth, 31, 32

Slaves made of captives by Navaho, 82

Small Dipper, creation of, in Navaho myth, 93

Smoking. See PIPES; TOBACCO

Snake Girl. See KLÍ̆SHCHO NALÍ̆N

Snake, Great, in Navaho myth, 97 in Jicarilla myth, 56, 58, 64 in Navaho myth, 90, 102 represented in Jicarilla dry-painting, 57

Snake People in Navaho myth, 111

Snipe Man in Navaho myth, 102

Social customs of the Jicarillas, 55 See MARRIAGE; MORTUARY CUSTOMS; PUBERTY; WOMEN

Songs addressed to God of Health, 33 employed in maturity rite, 46, 125 in Apache ceremony, 41-42 in Jicarilla myth, 57 in Navaho ceremonies, 138 in Navaho mythology, 84, 86, 94, 111, 112, 115 in Night Chant, 118, 119, 121, 123, 124 of Apache medicine-men, 32, 36 of gods in Apache myth, 26, 27, 32 of the Jicarillas, 58

Sonora, Apache raids into, 14 scalp bounty offered by, 6

Sorcery, penalty for, among Jicarillas, 135 See WITCHCRAFT

Souls, belief in, by Jicarillas, 56

Spanish missionaries and the Apache, 4, 6 origin of Navaho metal-work, 136

Sparrow-hawk People in Navaho myth, 88

Spider in Jicarilla myth, 62

Spider Woman in Navaho myth, 100

Spirit Dance of the Apache, 48, 133