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Religious life of the Zuni child [Excerpt]

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Title Religious life of the Zuni child [Excerpt] Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-1884 [Excerpt]
Identifier 1251-270-ZHWX37 http://content.lib.utah.edu/cdm/ref/collection/wwdl-neh/id/4784
Description Pages 139-145 from the Fifth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-1884, discussing the myths behind Zuni religious ceremonies for children; Includes the traditional account of crossing the Little Colorado River at "Koh-thlou-wah-la-wah," the sacred site in Mohave County, Arizona
Subject Zuni Indians--Folklore; Zuni Indians--Religion; Sacred space--Arizona--Mohave County
Creator Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1850-1915
Coverage Zuni River (N.M. and Ariz.); Little Colorado River (N.M. and Ariz.); Mohave County (Ariz.)
Relation Accn1251 bx 270 fd ZHWX37; E. Richard Hart papers
Rights Digital Image Copyright 2009, University of Utah. All Rights Reserved.
Contributor J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1887
Format application/pdf
Type Text

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