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positive on this point, but I believe that the Tcakwena dance at Sia is 
not masked. It is held, in wintertime only, at the request of Masewi, 
who selects the men to take part; no women dance. Details of cos- 
tume and ritual were not obtained. 
Kéiyakaiydtiya (no English equivalent was obtained).—This is 
said to be the Flute dance. It was said to be an organization, or group, 
also: ‘if your parents, or your mother, belonged to it then you are a 
member, too.’’ One could become a member upon request and a vow, 
however. ‘This dance is rarely performed; the last time was in 1926. 
It could be performed in either summer or winter. No other Kere- 
san pueblo has a flute dance as far as I know. Jemez pueblo, how- 
ever, has a Flute ceremony (Parsons, 1925, pp. 81-87); perhaps Sia 
has performed it in imitation of Jemez in the past. 
Eagle (Dya’m, ‘eagle’) dance-—This is performed by one or two 
men, as a rule, who wear eagle costumes, accompanied by a drummer 
and singers. It may be danced at any time, but it is always danced 
at Christmas time, according to one informant. 
NOTES ON A NAVAHO DANCE AT SIA, SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, 1955 
As I entered the plaza early in the afternoon, two ‘‘Navaho girls” 
came out of a nearby house and spoke to me: ‘‘Yata hay” (this is an 
almost universal greeting between Navaho and White people). The 
“oirls’”? were young men of Sia dressed like Navaho women: velvet 
jackets, long full skirts, brown moccasins, and many necklaces. Their 
faces were heavily smeared with red ocher; their hands were painted 
white. Four such ‘‘women” took part in the dance. Only one had 
long hair and it was tied up in Navaho fashion; the other young men 
wore wigs. Each “woman” carried two eagle tail feathers, set in a 
wooden handle to which many small shells were attached, in each hand. 
Six or seven Sia men, dressed like Navaho men—big black hats, 
colored shirts, white, pajamalike trousers, concho belts, and moccasins; 
some wore dark glasses; a few wore moustaches. One man carried a 
small drum; the others each carried a small, black rattle such as im- 
personators of the buffalo carry in the Buffalo dance. 
In one or two dances, the men sat in a group and sang, accompanied 
by drum and rattles. The girls danced by twos, each pair facing the 
other; they exchanged positions frequently during the dance. They 
danced with much vigor, lifting their feet and knees high. 
In another dance, four of the Navaho men danced with the girls, in 
pairs, in a circle around the drummer and one or two singers, in a 
counterclockwise circuit. After dancing for a time they broke ranks 
and began talking Navaho. Then all the Navaho, both men and 
women, went among the spectators and each took a partner, of the 
opposite sex. They formed a circle, the women on the inside, and 
