INDEX 



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Quavering (ivQndatha?), 14-15, 31, 

 33-36, 38-42, 44, 46-49, 52, 55, 

 60-62, 74, 88 (text and transla- 

 tion) 



Raccoon (djo6ga? 6enQ'), 24-25, 34, 



40, 41, 45, 52-53, 55, 58, 65, 69, 

 74 



Robin (dJQwiv^ik 6enQ'), 23, 27, 

 32-34, 36, 38, 39, 41-44, 46, 52, 



55, 59-60, 63-64, 69, 74, 89 

 Round (gan6nyahgwf'), 9, 11, 13, 



32, 36, 42, 45, 52, 81, 82 

 Scalping (ganehg), 8-9, 28, 55, 61, 



62, 74 

 script, 51, 58, 79, 101 

 Shake-the-pumpkin (gash^dgdadp'), 



21, 34, 41, 43, 52, 55, 60, 74 

 Shaking-a-bush or Naked (gasgoi- 



pdadg'), 22-24, 27, 30, 32-37, 39, 



41, 43-44, 52, 55, 61, 74, 91 

 Shaking-t he-jug, 21, 43 



See also Shake-the-pumpkin. 

 Sharpen-a-stick (wa'^n gt'yg), 25, 



41, 43, 48, 53, 55, 74 

 Snake, 25 

 sponsor of, 10, 15 

 Squash, 21 

 Standing Quiver, 74 

 steps, 9-11, 17, 19, 21-24 

 Stomp, 50, 52, 55, 64 

 Striking-the-stick (pole) (wai'^no' 



e'), 7-8, 30, 41-43, 51-52, 54, 55, 



57-58, 61, 73 

 structure, 52-54, 64, 69 

 Sun, 64 

 Thanksgiving or Drum (gan6 6 g), 



5-6, 41, 73 

 Thumbs-up, 9, 81 

 Trotting, 31-32, 34-39, 41, 45-46, 



65, 74 



See also Stomp Dance. 

 Victory, 8, 15 

 War (wasa"se'), or Thunder Rite, 



8-9, 31-39, 41, 43-44, 46, 52, 54, 



56, 57-58, 61, 64, 73 

 Women's Shuffle, 2, 13-18, 41, 55, 



57 

 Dancers, 15, 50, 71 



False Faces, 10, 27, 37, 82 



female, 37 



male, 45, 50, 58, 63 



See also: names of specific dances. 

 Dances, xv, 2, 4-10, 13-17, 19-24 



agricultural, 61, 62 



and rites, Indian names for, 73-74 



animal cures, 61 



animal mating, 61 



Calumet, 67 



Cherokee, 53, 70 



contours of, 44-45 



Creek, 68 



fish type, 23-25, 31, 90, 94 



interlonghouse variations of, 19 



miscellaneous, 74 



occasions for, 4-11, 13, 14, 16-21, 23 



Seneca variations of, 19 



setting of, 50 



Siouan origin of, 8 



social, 2, 19, 21-25, 30, 35, 37, 41, 

 45, 50-52, 54, 58, 61, 64, 65, 74 



songs for, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 

 17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24 



stomp type, 21-25, 31, 55, 90, 94 



time dimensions of, 61-62 



women's, 61 



Yuchi, 68 

 Dance steps: 



crouching hop, 57 



Drum Dance, 57 



False Face round, 56 



Feather Dance, 57 



Fish Dance, 56 



forward stomp, 56 



hop-kick, 9 



jump-kick, 57 



pat-step or step-pat, 56 



"Scotch snap," 11 



side stomp, 56 

 Dark Dance (dev^dasgdaigg), see Dance. 

 Deardorff, Merle H., xiv, 72 

 Death Feast, 15, 55, 63, 74 



See also Ohgiwe. 

 Debility, general, treatment for, 13 

 Deer, 70, 102 

 Deer clan, xv, 70 

 Deer Dance, see Dance. 

 Delaware Dance, see Dance. 

 Densmore, Frances, 68, 75 

 Deskaheh, Cayuga chief, xii, 47, 73 

 Devil Dance, see Dance. 

 Dew Eagle (shada'g^a'), eagle god, 6 

 Doorkeepers, dance officials, 10, 52 

 Dowdy, Lyn, 2, 18, 19, 23, 73 

 Dreams, fulfillment of, 6, 12, 13, 14, 50 

 Drum, water, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 



21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 36, 53, 64 

 Drum Dance, see Dance. 

 Drum Dance rite, 30 

 Drum dance step, 8 

 Drunkenness, 72 

 Duck, 68-70 



American Golden-eye, 68 



Black, 68 



Mallard, 68 



traps, 68 



Wood, 68 

 Duck Dance (twen? 6eng'), see Dance. 

 Dungarees, 10 



Eagle {Aquila), 67, 68, 70 



bald, 67 

 Eagle Dance (gan4' gwa'e'), see Dance. 

 Eagle Rite, Seneca, 67 

 Eagle sickness, ceremony for, 6 

 Ecology and mime, 65-71 



birds, 67 



fish, 69-70 



functional change, 70-71 



mammals, 65-67 

 Eel clan, xv 



Enskanye (fskanye), 5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 17, 

 18, 23-27, 56, 59, 92, 93, 98 



