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by James F. Brooks


  Monomam, see Mormons

  Montezuma Castle, 143

  Montgomery, Ross Gordon, 105, 194–95, 209, 210

  Mooney, James, 133

  Moreno, Antonio, 79

  Morgan, Lewis Henry, 18

  Morgan, T. J., 131

  Mormons:

  Hopi missions of, 128

  modern farming techniques introduced by, 128

  as Monomam, 128

  Nagai-si, 148–49, 150–51, 152, 154

  Naiyutchi, 21

  Nambe Pueblo, 79, 80, 81

  Namoki, Gibson, 95, 114

  Namoki, Max, 114

  Nampeyo (Tewa Village potter), 100, 164

  Nanake, 21

  Naranjo, José López, 191

  Naranjo, Lucas, 81

  Naranjo, Tessie, 183

  Naranjo family, 60–61

  Nash, Sylvan, 95, 114

  National Park Service, 107, 108

  Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (1990), 219

  Native Americans:

  activism of, 114–15

  archaeological and historical heritage of, competing claims on, 12–14

  destruction-and-rebirth myths of, 119

  Navajo National Monument, 98

  Navajo Partitioned Land (NPL), 221

  Navajos, 29, 69, 81, 85, 92, 114, 172

  Awat’ovi massacre survivors among, 188, 221, 247n

  Blessingway of, 119

  in competition with Hopis for land, 135

  raids on Hopis by, 128, 213

  Nequatewa, Edmund, 127, 144

  Ne Suftanga Village, 90, 96

  Neuvakwiotaka, Anderson Mesa, Ariz., 148, 154

  New Age prophecies, 119, 120

  New Mexico, 217

  New Mexico Province, 48, 56

  Spanish reconquest of, 66–67, 68–69, 71–73, 76–77, 191, 196, 213, 245n

  U.S. conquest of, 127

  New San Lazaro Pueblo (Santa Cruz de la Cañada; Tewige), 73, 235n–36n

  Niman (Going Home) ceremonies, 135, 177, 207

  Nuestra Señora de La Candelaria, Halona, 196

  Nuestra Señora de la Macana (Our Lady of the War Club), 65, 234n–35n

  Nusbaum, Jesse, 108, 109

  Nuvayoiyava, see Yava, Albert

  Ogap’oge, 68

  Old Spider Woman, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 158

  Olsen, Stanley, 113–14

  Oñate, Juan de, 46

  One Horn (Kwakwanteu; Kwan) Society, 172, 173, 174, 177, 184, 189

  Opchanacanough (Poawhatan leader), 60

  Oraibi Day School, 132–33, 136

  Oraibis, Oraibi Pueblo, 51–52, 64, 75, 125, 129, 169, 171, 178, 184, 190, 191–92, 195, 212, 221

  in Awat’ovi massacre, 8–9, 11, 186–87, 192, 194, 216

  Awat’ovi rivalry with, 218

  Cushing at, 116–17

  fissioning of, see Oraibi split

  forced school enrollment of children of, 132, 137

  as hostile to U.S. government presence, 128–29

  imprisonment of leaders of, 132

  killing of Franciscan missionaries at, 126–27

  1906 crisis at, 42

  population decline in, 141

  prominence of, 127–28

  Oraibi split, 176

  BIA intervention in, 137–38

  conflict over ceremonial duties in, 135–36, 139–40, 199–200

  ejection of sukavungsinom from, 136–37

  land allotment program and, 132–33

  land rights as issue in, 133–34

  new villages created from, 126

  Pahaana prophecy and, 137, 139–40

  schooling issue in, 130–31, 132–33, 137

  Shungopovi Spider Clan in, 136

  sorcery and, 140

  white cultural influence as factor in, 139–40

  Oraibi Wash, 134

  Otermín, Antonio de, 77

  Oyaping, Nelson, 175

  Padilla, Juan de, 44, 45

  Pahaana (Elder Brother), 117, 118, 119, 137, 196, 216

  whites as, 115, 117–18, 124–26, 127, 128, 139

  Pahaana prophecy, 214–15

  Awat’ovi massacre and, 201, 216

  catastrophic events seen as fulfillment of, 120, 140

  Cushing and, 117–20, 127

  droughts and, 134

  Franciscans and, 124–26

  Oraibi split and, 137, 139–40

  pahos (prayer sticks), 50, 51, 81–82, 125, 144, 145, 146, 153, 159–60, 178, 210

  Paiutes, 74

  palakiki (government-approved houses), 131, 132

  Palatkwapi, 143–47, 172, 198

  destruction of, 143–47

  evil and corruption in, 144

  Palenque, Chiapas, 143

  Palowahtiwa, 21

  Paquimé, Chihuahua, 143

  pavansinom (pro-acculturation Hopis), 132, 133, 135, 139

  as outnumbered by sukavungsinom, 138

  sukavungsinom ejected from pueblo by, 136–37, 138–39

  see also Oraibi split

  Payupkis, 184

  Payupki Village, 77, 212

  Peabody Awat’ovi Expedition, 1–2, 94–102, 106, 203, 215, 217, 222

  BIA permission sought for, 90–91

  Brew as director of, 92–98, 100–104, 106, 107, 110, 111–12, 113, 116, 204, 208

  Brew’s research proposal for, 87–88, 90

  camp of, 95–96, 95

  ceramics found by, 98–100, 101, 103

  European remains excavated by, 55–56, 105–9, 194–95, 196, 210–11, 245n

  Hopi crew members of, 94–95, 97, 114

  Hopi criticisms of, 114–15

  Hopi politics and, 116, 141, 142

  Hopi remains excavated by, 209–10, 211, 219–20

  kiva murals discovered by, 101–3, 102, 115, 205

  kivas excavated by, 54–55, 101–3, 102, 204–5

  military barracks excavated by, 215–16

  Mission San Bernardo excavation of, 102–7, 114, 115, 194

  1975 reunion of, 112, 113

  permit renewal denied to, 116

  published reports of, 112

  season permit sought for, 91–92

  Sorcerer’s Kiva excavated by, 201–2, 208–9, 219

  Stoner and, 106–8

  Test 22 Kiva excavated by, 204–6, 208–9

  Peabody Awat’ovi Expedition (continued)

  underestimation of costs of, 90

  Western Mound excavations of, 97–101, 97, 99, 205

  Peabody Museum, 1, 87, 113

  Awat’ovi remains held by, 219

  Pecos Pueblo, 66, 67, 80

  Christian village at, 57

  Pehtowa (Wood, Stick, Spruce) Clan, 171–72

  Peki (Yava’s stepfather), 172–73, 176

  Pelotte, Donald, 221

  Peñalosa, Diego Dionisio de, 59

  Perry, Reuben, 137

  Piño, Patricio (Palowahtiwa), 19

  Piros people, 66

  pit-houses, 54, 96

  dog remains found in, 206, 207–8

  human remains in, 34, 38, 207–8

  Pitsinsivostiyo (Cotton Seed Boy), 148, 149, 151, 154

  Pivanhokyapi village, 123, 155, 156, 157–58, 159–60

  destruction of Ladder Dance kiva in, 158–60

  destruction of, 163, 199

  gambling at, 162–63

  Ladder Dance of, 157–58, 162

  Polacca, Kenneth, 114

  Polacca day school, 173

  Polacca Village, 83, 131

  Polacca Wash, 166, 172

  Poleviyum, Jacob, 95

  Polingyouma, Eric, 10, 15, 217–18

  Po’pay, 63, 64, 66–67

  popwaqt (sorcerers, witches), 120, 140, 157, 161, 166–68, 170, 199, 214

  dogs and coyotes associated with, 206–7, 208

  killing of, 206

  see also powaqa

  Porras, Francisco de, 51, 52, 107, 109, 124

  miracle performed by, 47, 124
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  Posada, Alonso de, 57–59, 61

  Pot Creek Pueblo, 239n–40n

  powa (power to change), 159, 161–62, 199

  powaqa (sorcery), 15, 28, 38, 123, 140, 157–58, 159, 166–68, 199

  anthropological study of, 16

  Awat’ovi massacre as response to, 42, 185, 189, 197

  as cause of misfortune, 11, 16, 27, 41–42

  efficacy of, 33, 41–42

  etymology of, 161–62

  trials and punishment of, 41–42

  at Zuni Pueblo, 39, 40, 41–42

  Powell, John Wesley, 18

  Prada, Juan de, 54

  prayer sticks (pahos), 50, 51, 81–82, 125, 144, 145, 146, 153, 159–60, 178, 210

  Protestant missionaries, 199

  Puebloan peoples:

  courtship and marriage practices among, 154, 155, 172, 242n

  matrilineal descent among, 172

  seen as “classless” and “peace-loving,” 27–28

  worldview of, 5, 24

  Puebloan peoples, pre-Columbian, 22, 242n

  and arrival of katsinam, 120–21, 239n–40n

  Basketmaker culture of, 90, 96–97

  cannibalism suggested among, 29–30, 34

  ceramics of, 98–100, 101, 103, 155

  classic period of, 96

  cotton-growing by, 153, 154

  migrations of, 6, 24, 147–48, 198

  Pueblo I culture of, 96–97

  Pueblo II culture of, 97

  violence and community conflict among, 16, 27, 29, 32, 34–39, 183, 230n

  violent iconography of, 38

  Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, 31, 32, 33, 33

  Pueblo I culture, 96–97

  Pueblo II culture, 97

  Pueblo Revolt (1680), 44, 56, 60–61, 63–64, 69–71, 73, 103, 107, 125–26, 190–91, 193, 195, 196, 209, 210, 218, 234n–35n

  murder of Franciscans and destruction of missions in, 64, 66, 103–5, 184, 195, 209, 212

  return to old ways promoted by, 66, 104

  Pueblo Revolt (1696), 180

  Püvyüñobi (Sorcerer’s Kiva), see Sorcerer’s Kiva

  Qöötsaptuvela village, 165

  in destruction of Sikyatki, 169, 199

  Quetzalcoatl, 147

  Cortés as, 119

  Rabbit Clan, 187, 221

  Reed Clan, 110, 186

  Requiem for a Nun (Faulkner), xiii

  Rio Chiquito Valley, 78, 80

  Rio Grande River, 46, 62, 167, 212

  Rio Grande Valley, 67, 70, 164, 172, 178, 182, 191, 213, 219

  arrival of katsinam in, 121, 239n–40n

  1696 famine in, 77–78

  Rio Santa Cruz, 73

  Rito Sarco Valley, 78

  Roosevelt administration, BIA reforms of, 92

  Sacred Clown Society, 121

  Sacred Mountain Trading Post, 247n

  Saint Joseph Indian Mission, 108–9

  Salem Witch Trials, 16, 27

  Sáliko, 221

  Awat’ovi massacre story told by, 11, 17, 25

  Salinas Pueblos, 217

  San Bernardo Polychrome ceramics, 3, 3

  San Cristóbal (Tsaewari) Pueblo, post-1692, 70, 73, 78, 82, 83

  Walpis at, 78

  Sand Clan, 221

  Sandia Pueblo, 77, 212

  San Felipe Pueblo, 67, 80

  San Francisco Peaks, 123, 146, 157, 163, 177

  San Gabriel del Yunque, 46

  Sangre de Cristo Mountain, 70, 73

  San Ildefonso Pueblo, 79

  San José Valley, 164

  San Lazaro Pueblo, 70

  San Marcos Pueblo, 70

  Santa Ana Pueblo, 67, 80, 82

  Santa Clara Pueblo, 60–61

  Santa Cruz de la Cañada (New San Lazaro; Tewige), 73, 235n–36n

  Santa Fe, 61, 62–63, 68, 72, 80, 192, 213

  siege of (1680), 65, 69, 71

  Vargas’s recapture of, 69, 71–72

  Santa María, Augustín de, 64, 126–27

  Santo Domingo Pueblo, 80

  Santo Niño de Cíbu (statue), 196

  School of American Archaeology, 91

  Scott, Donald, 87, 90

  Scott, Virginia, 177

  Second Mesa, 77, 95, 110, 114, 136, 164, 174, 212

  September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, 120

  sherds, 3

  Shipley, David L., 130–31

  Shungopovis, Shungopovi Village, 10, 59, 61, 64, 131

  in Awat’ovi massacre, 187

  forced school enrollment of children from, 136

  Sikyaatayo (Red Fox Boy), 150–51, 152, 153, 154

  Sikyatki Polychrome ceramics, 3, 100, 101, 163, 164, 165, 199

  Sikyatki Pueblo, 168, 178

  destruction of, 163, 166, 169, 199

  Smithsonian excavation of, 164

  Si’mo, Walpi chief, 25, 131

  sipapu, 144, 203, 205, 206, 209

  as gateway between Third and Fourth Worlds, 206–7, 208

  sipapuni, 144

  Sitaiema (Yava’s father), 171–72

  Sitgreaves Expedition, 127

  Situqui, see Hopi Mesas

  Siwiyistiwa, 144–46, 147

  slave traders, 74

  Sleeping Ute Mountain, 34

  Smith, Joseph, 128

  Smith, Watson, 102, 103, 109, 114, 203, 205

  Smithsonian Institution, 18, 116, 164

  Snake Clan, 79, 81, 110, 178, 188, 212

  Snake Dance, 129–30, 135

  Snake-Dance of the Moquis of Arizona, The (Bourke), 129

  sorcerers, sorcery, see popwaqt; powaqa

  Sorcerer’s Kiva, 11

  absence of murals in, 203, 208–9

  age of, 202

  evidence of fire at, 204

  Fewkes’s excavation of, 15, 26–27, 201, 208, 219, 221

  human remains found in, 27, 204, 208

  Peabody excavation of, 201–2, 204, 208–9, 219

  Sorcerer’s Kiva (continued)

  sipapu in, 203, 206, 209

  Tests 22 and 31, as probable sorcerer’s kivas, 201–9

  unusual features of, 202–3, 206, 208–9

  Southwest, pre-Columbian ruins in, 22

  Soyal ceremony, 146

  Spanish conquistadors, 29, 119

  in first encounter with Awat’ovi Pueblo, 2, 44–45

  in reconquest of New Mexico, 66–67, 68–69, 71–73, 76–77, 191, 196, 213, 245n

  in 1701 expedition against Hopis, 127, 237n

  Spanish Inquisition, 27, 48

  Spider Clan, 136

  Stanley, Elizabeth, 136, 138

  Stephen, Alexander McGregor, 10–11, 24, 133

  Awat’ovi massacre story transcribed by, 11, 17, 25

  Stevens, Alden, 94

  Stoner, Victor Rose, 44

  and Antelope Mesa excavations, 106–8

  Strap Clan, 127

  sukavungsinom (anti-acculturation Hopis), 132, 133, 135

  ejection from Oraibi pueblo of, 136–37, 138–39

  imprisonment of, 138

  pavansinom outnumbered by, 138

  see also Oraibi split

  Sunset Crater, Ariz., 147

  suyanisqatsi (harmony, balance), 14, 122, 176, 200

  Swallow Boy, 166–68

  Swallow Clan, 166–69, 199

  Taiyomana (Yava’s second wife), 177

  Tallahogan (The Singing House), 9, 59–60, 67, 190, 222

  see also Awat’ovi Pueblo

  Tano people, see Tewa (Tano) peoples

  Tansy Mustard Clan, 187, 221

  Taos Pueblo, 22

  Ta’polo (Chief of Awat’ovi), 1

  in Awat’ovi massacre, 1, 11, 122, 185–86, 187–88, 189, 201, 216, 244n–45n

  Tataukyam Society, 188

  Tawaquaptewa, Oraibi chief, 136, 141

  as pavansinom leader, 137, 139

  Tawayistiwa, Palatkwapi chief, 144, 145, 147

  Taylor, Wayne, 221

  Tenochtitlán, Mex
ico, 54

  Teotihuacán, Valley of Mexico, 143

  Terre Haute, Ind., 131

  Test 22 Kiva:

  absence of murals in, 205, 208–9

  dog skeleton found in, 205, 206

  evidence of fire in, 205

  human remains found in, 205

  Peabody excavation of, 204–6, 208–9

  sipapu as absent from, 205, 206

  unusual features of, 205, 206, 208–9

  Test 31 Kiva, see Sorcerer’s Kiva

  Tesuque Pueblo, 63, 80

  Tewa language, 180

  Hopis and, 84–86

  Tewa (Tano) peoples, 60–61, 66, 70, 73, 172

  in battle with Utes, 179–80

  enmity toward Spanish of, 71–72

  Franciscans and, 70–71, 73

  Hopi intermarriage with, 85, 164, 171–72

  Hopi relations with, 84–86, 176, 181

  in migration to Hopi Mesas, 82–83, 86, 177, 180–81, 198, 212, 213, 215–16

  military skill of, 69–70, 71, 83, 85

  mountain refuges of, 78, 80–81

  as possible participants in Awat’ovi massacre, 237n

  in Pueblo Revolt, 69–71, 80

  resettlement of, 72–73

  1696 uprising of, 79–81

  Walpi recruitment of, 78–79, 81–82, 178, 212, 213

  Walpis’ broken promises to, 83–84, 178–79

  Tewa Village, 85, 85, 86, 164, 172, 181, 212

  schooling of children from, 173–75

  Tewige (New San Lazaro; Santa Cruz de la Cañada), 73, 235n–36n

  Third Mesa, 123, 126, 132, 155, 164, 174

  Third World, 147, 185

  collapse of, 144

  sipapu as gateway from, 206–7

  Thompson, Lyndon, 94, 95

  Tiikuywuuti (Child Sticking Out Woman), 159, 160, 198–99

  Tiwa peoples, 62, 66, 212, 239n–40n

  Tlaloc (Aztec rain spirit), 147

  Tobacco Clan, 187–88, 221, 244n

  Toltecs, 54

  Tompiros people, 66

  totolospi (game of chance), 163, 199

  Tovar, Don Pedro de, 44–45

  Towa people, 67

  Troy, 5, 217

  Trujillo, José de, 64

  Tsaewari (new San Cristóbal), 73, 178, 180, 198

  Tuba City, Ariz., 128

  Tucson, Archdiocese of, 106, 107, 108

  Tucson Daily Citizen, 106

  Tupats’ovi village, 148, 150, 152–53, 155, 198

  Tupatú, Luis, 63, 66

  Tusayán, see Hopi Mesas

  Tusayán Trading Post, 10

  Tuuvi, 128

  Two Horn Society, 187, 188, 218

  Union Pacific Railroad, 129

  Upper Moencopi village, 126

  Urrutia, Joseph de, 72

  Utah, 128

  Utes, 74, 85

  in battle with Tanos, 179–80

  raids on Hopis by, 74, 83, 178, 213

  Valverde, Antonio de, 80

  Valverde, José Narváez, 60, 193

  Vargas, Diego de, 78, 191, 196, 212

  in reconquest of New Mexico, 66, 68–69, 71–73

  and 1696 Tano-Tewa uprising, 80–81

 

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