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TUSAYAN KATCINAS 



(ETH. ANN. 15 



Masl-ed or Knlciiid Ceremonials 



Unmnslccil or Xinr hai/s^ Ceremoniidn 



Tbe Katciua chief, Iiitiwa, erects bis altar every year iu the 

 Moiikiva, but different kivas by rotation or otberwise celebrate the 

 dance of tbe IS'imau by their appropriate presentation, thus: Tbe men 

 of tbe Wikwaliobikiva celebrated tbe dance iu 1891 ; those of Nacab- 

 kiva iu 1892; those of the Alkiva iu 1893, and probably in 1894 the 

 men of tbe Tcivatokiva will personate tbe last Katciua of the sum- 

 mer. It thus will appear that tbe special supernatural personage 

 represented varies from year to year within certain limits, and the 

 variations mean nothing more than that the members of tbe different 

 kivas i)articipate iu rotation. 



NAMES OF MONTHS AND CORRESPONDING CEREMONIALS 



The Tusayau names of the mouths are as follows: 



*Tho word niu'iyawft means "moon," bywhicli it would seem that our satellite determines the 

 smaller divisions of tbe rear. 



