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Show t\ A homes, using medicines gathered by men. Zuni women equally believe in and value the importance of Kolhu/wala:wa and Zuni women believe they all go to 25 Kolhu/wala:wa after death. Zunis, in their semi-arid climate, consider all water to be sacred. Springs are considered to be the most precious things on earth. The length of the entire Zuni River has been held sacred, from its headwaters in the springs at Nutria, Pescado and Ojo Caliente to its confluence with the Little Colorado River.26 So it is not 24. Natechu, Alta Interview by Dana Lepofsky, August 23, 1984, Zuni, New Mexico. Lasiloo, Pesancio Interview by Dana Lepofsky, 1984, Zuni, New Mexico. Lepofsky, Dana Interview by E. Richard Hart, January 9, 1986, Seattle, Washington. 25. Simplicio, Governor Chauncey, Lieutenant Governor Sefferino Eriacho, Sr., Head Councilman Roger Tsabetsaye, Councilman Harry Chimoni, Councilwoman Rita Enote Lorenzo, Councilman Charles Hustito and Councilman Ken Wato (the Zuni Tribal Council), interviewed by E. Richard Hart, with T. J. Ferguson present, Zuni Tribal Council Chambers, Pueblo of Zuni, January 22, 1986, pp. 7 and 9-10. 26. Cushing, Frank Hamilton Zuni Folk Tales, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1901, pp. 102-103. Parsons, Elsie Clews "Hopi and Zuni Ceremonialism," Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association, Number 39 (1933), New York; Kraus Reprint, MiUwood, 1976, p. 92. Parsons, Elsie Clews "The Scalp Ceremonial of Zuni," Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association, Number 31 (1924), New York; Kraus ReDrinE Millwood, 1974, p. 19. Saunders, Charles Francis The Indians of the Terraced Houses: An Account of the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona, 1902-1920, Glorieta, New Mexico^ Rio Grande Press, Inc. (originally published in 1912 by Putnam), pp. 151-152. Seowtewa, Alex Interview by E. Richard Hart, April 1, 1980, Zuni, New Mexico, typed transcript. Edaakie, Theodore and Chester Gaspar, August 8, 1973, typed transcript, D. 13 and fieldnotes. - 19 - |
