American Indian Quarterly, vol. 4, no. 4, A Special Symposium Issue on Navajo Mortuary Practices and Beliefs, 1978, pp. 397-405
Description
A discussion about educational, financial and spiritual changes in the Navajo lifestyle that has led to changes in Navajo beliefs and culture. However, these markers alone are not sufficient enough to prove the presence or absence of specifics beliefs and further research is required.
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 24, no. 3, 2000, pp. 111-129
Description
Argues that not all culture change is an assimilationist move and that it is in everyday behaviors where the true flexible nature of culture can be observed.
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by M. W. Stirling
The Acoma Indians by Leslie A. White
Isleta, New Mexico by Elsie Clews Parsons
Introduction to Zuñi Ceremonialism by Ruth L. Bunzel
Zuñi Origin Myths by Ruth L. Bunzel
Zuñi Ritual Poetry by Ruth L. Bunzel
Zuñi Katcinas by Ruth L. Bunzel
Report includes the following papers:
Tusayan Migration Traditions by Jesse Walter Fewkes
Localization of Tusayan Clans by Cosmos Mindeleff
Mounds in Northern Honduras by Thomas Gann
Mayan Calendar Systems by Cyrus Thomas
Primitive Numbers by W. J. McGee
Numeral Systems of Mexico and Central America by Cyrus Thomas
Tusayan Flute and Snake Ceremonies by Jesse Walter Fewkes
The Wild Rice Gatherers of the Upper Lakes by Albert Ernest Jenks
26th Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1904-1905
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Author/Creator
W. H. Holmes
Description
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Chief by W. H. Holmes
The Pima Indians by Frank Russell
Social Condition, Beliefs, and Linguistic Relationship of the Tlingit Indians by John R. Swanton
Report includes the following papers:
Report of the Director by J. W. Powell
The Zuñi Indians: Their Mythology, Esoteric Fraternities, and Ceremonies by Matilda Coxe Stevenson