Anthrop. Pap. 



No.'^76]^" GIFT OF CHANGING WOMAN — BASSO 171 



da hq zh§ esh dali. Ih sta nedleheh ('long life, no trouble, Changing 



Woman') — prayer uttered by pubescent girl in phase I of na ih es. 

 di yih ('power') — Apache term for supernatural power. 

 di yin ('one who has power') — Apache term for medicine man or 



shaman. 

 gan ('mountain spirits') — also applied to the curing ceremony at 



which masked dancers impersonate these supernaturals. 

 gihx il ke ('blankets, she throws them off') — eighth and final phase of 



na ih es, during which the pubescent girl throws the ceremonial 



buckskin to the east, and a blanket in each of the three other 



cardinal directions. 

 gish ih zha ha ('cane') — the decorated staff with which the pubescent 



girl dances at bi til tih and na ih es. 

 gish ih zha ha aldeh ('cane, it is made') — sweat bath, attended by male 



relatives of the pubescent girl and na ihl esn, at which the medi- 

 cine man and his assistants make the ritual paraphernalia for 



na ih es. 

 gish ih zha ha yinda sle dil ihlye ('cane set out for her, she runs aroimd 



it') — phase IV of na ih es, during which the pubescent girl, 



followed by na ihl esn, runs and circles the cane which stands 



upright in the ground. 

 goh jon sinh' ('full of great happiness') — specifically the name given 



to Changing Woman's power; the songs sung at na ih es are 



collectively referred to by this term. 

 hadn tin ('holy powder, yellow powder') — cattail and/or corn pollen 



considered sacred by Apaches and used in all ceremonies. 

 ih sta nedleheh ('Changing Woman') — the mythological figure whom 



the pubescent girl personifies during na ih es and whose power is 



believed to grant long life. 

 ih' tsos ha hihl tza ('eagle feather, it is given') — term for the procediu-e 



of asking a woman to be na ihl esn. 

 il kashn ('witch') — Apache term for witch. 

 na e tlanh ('have drinking,' or 'goes before drinking') — informal 



gathering at which clan relatives of the pubescent girl's family 



pledge gifts of food and drink (for na ih es) in return for being 



given tulipay. 

 na ih es ('preparing her,' or 'getting her ready') — Western Apache 



term for girl's puberty rite. 

 na ihl esn ('one who prepares her,' or 'one who gets her ready') — ■ 



woman who dances with the pubescent girl in na ih es and with 



whom the girl's family makes the shi ti ke contract. 

 nan tan ('chief or 'boss') — prominent member of ndeh guhyaneh who 



supervises the preparation of the dance ground and who formally 



asks a woman to be na ihl esn. 



