CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Preface 117 



Introduction 119 



The Western Apache 119 



Cibecue 121 



Field methods and data 122 



Apache words 124 



Preliminaries 124 



Ndeh Guhyaneh 127 



Selection of a medicine man 128 



Selection of Na ihl esn 130 



Shi tike 132 



Na e ilanh 133 



Preparations 133 



The dance ground 135 



Bi goh ji tal 138 



The day before Na ih es 141 



Gish ih zha ha aldeh 141 



The ritual paraphernalia 143 



Nil sla ih ka 146 



Bi keh ihl ze' 147 



Bitiltih 149 



Na ih es 150 



Introduction 150 



Preparations 152 



Phases 153 



I. Bihl de nil ke 153 



II. Niztah 154 



III. Nizii 166 



IV. Gish ih zha ha yinda sle dil ihlye 156 



V. 157 



VI. Sha nal dihl 158 



VII. Banaihldih 158 



VIII. Gihx il ke 159 



Four "holy" days 159 



Na ih es and "life objectives" 160 



Old age 161 



Physical strength 163 



Good disposition 163 



Prosperity 165 



Na ih es and Cibecue 167 



Glossary of Apache terms 170 



Bibliography 172 



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