Ácoma, the Sky City

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Author

Sedgwick, William T., Mrs., 1859-1928

Title

Ácoma, the sky city : A study in Pueblo-Indian history and civilization

Original Publication

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1926.

Credits

Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

F786: United States local history: New Southwest. Colorado River, Canyon, and Valley

Subject

Acoma (N.M.) -- Antiquities

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 73788

Release Date

June 7, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ÁCOMA, THE SKY CITY
2. 2.IN GRATEFUL AND LOVING MEMORY OF Mrs. CHARLES ELIOT GUILD AND ELEANOR GUILD
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS
6. 6.ÁCOMA, THE SKY CITY — Chapter I MESA LAND
7. 7.Chapter II THE CITADEL OF ÁCOMA
8. 8.Chapter III FIRST EXPEDITIONS FROM NEW SPAIN
9. 9.Chapter IV THE BATTLE IN THE SKY CITY — As told by an Eye Witness
10. 10.Chapter V ÁCOMA REBUILT
11. 11.Chapter VI FATHER RAMÍREZ AT ÁCOMA
12. 12.Chapter VII ÁCOMA IN THE PUEBLO REVOLT
13. 13.Chapter VIII THE WONDER-WORKING SAN JOSÉ
14. 14.Chapter IX ÁCOMA AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
15. 15.Chapter X ORIGINS AND MIGRATIONS
16. 16.Chapter XI THE TRADITION OF KATZÍMO AND ÁCOMA
17. 17.Chapter XII SOCIAL ORGANIZATION
18. 18.Chapter XIII FOLK-TALES OF ÁCOMA — Borrowed Feathers: Don’t Look Up: Back to Life — Forgetting the Song: Inside the Lizard — Borrowed Feathers — The Serpent, the Man, the Ox, the Horse, and the Coyote (From Acomita) [167] — San Pascual — Short Folk-Tales and Anecdotes — A Story of Long Time Ago at Ácoma [172] or, The Melons of Discord
19. 19.Chapter XIV KERESAN MYTHS
20. 20.Chapter XV RELIGIOUS BELIEFS
21. 21.Chapter XVI CEREMONIALS AND RITUALS
22. 22.Chapter XVII INDIAN GAMES
23. 23.Chapter XVIII POTTERY
24. 24.L’ENVOI
25. 25.APPENDIX
26. 26.APPENDIX — I. The Name Ácoma — Population — II. Ha-Chamoni — III. Salt — IV. Towers and Great Houses — V. Keres (Queres) — VI. Language — VII. Katzímo, A Disenchanted Mesa — VIII. Medicine — IX. Smoke — X. Shaman — XI. Serpent — XII. Lightning — XIII. The Swastika and Primitive Cross-Symbols — XIV. Religious Import of the Dance
27. 27.FOOTNOTES
28. 28.BIBLIOGRAPHY
29. 29.BIBLIOGRAPHY
30. 30.INDEX
31. 31.INDEX

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