CONTENTS V 



Part 1. Description and analysis — Continued 



Choreographic analysis — Continued page 



Methods of study 51 



Transcription 51 



Comparative procedure 51 



Ground plans 51 



Rounds 52 



Straight lines 54 



Distribution 54 



Steps 56 



Walk 56 



Side stomp 56 



Forward stomp 56 



Pat-step or step-pat 56 



False Face round 56 



Fish Dance step 56 



Feather Dance step 57 



Drum Dance step 57 



Women's Feather Dance step 57 



Women's Shuffle 57 



Jump-kick 57 



Crouching hop 57 



Body action 57 



Relationship of action to music 58 



Function and form 60 



Choreographic and musical grouping 60 



Time dimension 61 



The relation of musical patterns to present ritual functions 62 



Physiology and psychology of performance 63 



Ecologj^ and mime 65 



Mammals 65 



Buffalo 65 



Bear 66 



Birds 67 



Eagle 67 



Duck 68 



Passenger pigeon 69 



Robin 69 



Fish 69 



Functional change 70 



Artistry 71 



Focus 71 



Interaction 71 



Structuralism 71 



Tradition and flexibility 72 



Solemnity and gaiety 72 



Realism and stylization 72 



Appendix 73 



Singers and their longhouses and dates of recording 73 



Names of dances and rites 73 



Bibliography 75 



