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INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST. 



At the pueblo of Nambe, which is now much reduced 

 in numbers, a dance representing the deer was given as 

 a spectacle on their feast day in 1909. The dancers 

 followed by the drum and the directors of the ceremony 

 made a circuit of the plaza several times, stopping 

 now and then to dance. 



Among the Hopi two types of ceremonies are held 

 at separate seasons of the year. The kachina cere- 



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Deer Dance. Nambe. 



monies begin with the winter solstice and terminate in 

 midsummer when a farewell ceremony called the Niman 

 kachina is held. Shortly after, the second series is 

 opened with either the snake dance or the flute cere- 

 mony and others follow until November when the new 

 fire ceremony completes them. Kachinas are super- 



