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wic; the Fire society’s ceremony with live coals; and stick swallowing. 
Hrdlitka (1935, p. 250) found a high percentage of artificial head 
deformation—cradle flattening—at Sia and Acoma, as compared with 
other pueblo groups. 
Acoma folklore obtained by Bandelier (1892, pp. 312-313) related 
that the Acoma separated from the other Keres at the pueblo of Sia 
on their mythical migration from the place of emergence to their place 
of residence in modern times. 
The Acoma kinship term, tcitci (sibling), was used by one of my 
Sia informants; it is used in no other Keresan pueblo as far as I know. 
It is difficult to escape the conclusion that Sia and Acoma have 
been especially closely related, historically and culturally. 
