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INDEX TO BULLETINS 1-100 



419 



Sun Dance 



description of, 75: 79 f£. 

 lodges erected for, 77: 63, S5 

 obtained from Arapaho, 75: 79 

 of the Kutenai, 59: 50, 51 

 of the Teton Sioux, 61 : 



carrying buffalo skulls, 133 



children take part, 137 



choice of participants, 103 



conferences concerning, 94 



costume, 125 f . 



costume of intercessor, 126 



council passes on statements 

 concerning, 92 



council visits site of last cele- 

 bration, 93 



Crier, duties of, 104 



cutting the flesh in fulfillment 

 of vow, 132 



dancers abstain from food and 

 water, 130 



description of ceremony, 127 



discussion by Red Bird, 94 



feasting, rejoicing, and la- 

 menting during, 136 



imitation of, by boys, 150 f. 



information concerning, by 

 several informants, 88-91 



last held in 1881, 4 



Leader of Dancers, qualifica- 

 tions necessary, 102 



limited to certain Plains tribes, 

 85 



manner of breaking fast, 149 



misinterpreted by Whites, 86 



offerings, 102 f. 



painting sacred pole, 116 



painting the body for, 103 f., 

 124 f . 



pipe, decoration, 102 



prayer for fair weather dui"- 

 ing, 99 



preparing the inclosure, 122 



sacred pole, description, 118 



selecting and raising sacred 

 pole, 107, 111, 112, 114, 116, 

 118 



six ways of participating in, 

 131 



statement of Red Bird con- 

 cerning, 86 



suspension from pole, 132 f . 



Teton Sioux, description of, 

 98-151 



torture by different methods, 

 131-134 



use of drum, 130 



use of sage in, 99 



variation in ceremony, 86 



vow, 101 



women assume part of torture, 

 135 

 reference to, 53: 205 

 songs of, 75: 81-87 

 Ute name for, 75: 20 



Sun Dial Palace, named by J. Ward 



Emerson, 70: 34 

 Sunepah, a Tawasa town, 73: 131 

 Suuflovver cache, cones taken from, 

 65: 146 

 description of, 65: 94 f. 

 "Sunflowers" 



found in Sunflower Cave, 65 : 94 

 skin, description of, 65: 146 

 wooden, description of, 65: 145 

 Sunflowers 



among the Tewa, 55 : 11, 56 

 mention of, by Gravier, 43: 309 

 seeds of, cakes made of, 77: 136 

 Sun god 



ceremony connected with, 81 : 70 

 Kinich Ahau, heads of, 28: 99 ff. 

 Tunica, remarks concerning, 43: 

 318 

 Sunk Lands as a source of Indian pot- 

 tery, 37: 94 

 Sun priests, ceremonies of, performed 



in rooms, 50: 24 

 Suns (Natchez) 



descendants of sovereign, 43: 171 

 female, description of, 43: 104 

 number and names of, 43: 175 f. 

 position of, in tribe, 43: 93 

 reference to death of Sun, 43 : 313 

 See also Sun, Great ; Sun, Little. 

 Sunset Indians, name for Natchez, 43 : 



253 

 Sun temple 



discovery of, 70: 10 

 evidence of age of, 70: 73 

 possible use of, 70: 76 

 unique ground plan of, 70: 42 

 Suola-nocha, a Seminole town, 73 : 400 

 Supai 



location of, 34: 9 

 See also Coconimo ; Havasui)ai. 

 Superfix, effect, 57 : 120 ff. 

 Superior border 



form of, in Munsee and other In- 

 dian scapulae, according to sex 

 and side, 62: 78 

 See also Scapula. 

 Superior Miocene, human remains, 



52: 12 

 Supernatural beings 



Alabama story of adventures with, 



88 : 147 f . 

 hunt during night, 29: 225 

 probably belonged to Raven clan, 



29: 194, 207 

 songs received from, 80: 12 

 tickled by having someone look at 



them, 29: 268 

 unable to bear odor of urine, blood 

 of menstruant woman, etc., 29: 

 148 

 See also God. 

 Supernatural-B e i n g-who-went-Naked, 

 Haida myth, 29: 210-226 



