CONTENTS 



Historical sketch of Acoma ^3 



Aeoma to-day 



Kin and clan 



Government 



Cacique 



War chiefs 



Opi, or Warriors' Society ^'■ 



Koshare ^| 



Three cooks ZZ 



"Little Chiefs" °^ 



CO 



Principales " 



Medicine societies "■^ 



Governor ^ 



Lieutenant governors 



Bickales (fiscales) ^^ 



Ditch boss ^^ 



Government farmer and his Indian policeman 55. 



Elections ^ 



"Political parties" at Acoma "^ 



Ceremonies and ceremonial organization 



Pantheon 



Ceremonial calendar 



69 



75 



82 



Kachina cult 



Catalogue of the k'atsina 



Natyati, the summer dance for rain 



The summer solstice 



The winter solstice ^^ 



Coming of the k'oBictaiya **^ 



Fight with the k'atsina 



Curatca lights the fires ^^ 



Opi, or Warriors' Society 



Ka' cale 



Caiyaik, or Hunters' Society '"^ 



Fiesta of San Estevan ^^'^ 



Christmas Eve and Christmas week 106 



Rooster pulls 



Medicine cult 



Disease, its cause and cure 



Curing by a society 



111 

 112 



Securing new members 



Initiation of new members 



Fire and sword jugglery of the Fire Society 1 • 4 



The communal curing ^ 



Feats of magic of the medicine men 



Medicine men and the kachina cult 



Other ceremonial functions of medicine men 124 



Summarv comment 



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