Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . I- o DZ z H a:o >• oo-Jo2XHUJ z< D. BDNZEL] THE COMING OF THE GODS 959 There is some association between fire, the office of pekwin, and theBadger clan. Pekwin, in addition to being a sort of talking chief,is also an officiating priest in charge of the altar. (Possibly he alsotakes care of the fire?) The katcina Pekwin must be Badger making is always the prerogative of the Badger clan. Anyonewho builds fires easily and quickly is dubbed tonacikwe (Badgerperson). On the day preced
Annual report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . I- o DZ z H a:o >• oo-Jo2XHUJ z< D. BDNZEL] THE COMING OF THE GODS 959 There is some association between fire, the office of pekwin, and theBadger clan. Pekwin, in addition to being a sort of talking chief,is also an officiating priest in charge of the altar. (Possibly he alsotakes care of the fire?) The katcina Pekwin must be Badger making is always the prerogative of the Badger clan. Anyonewho builds fires easily and quickly is dubbed tonacikwe (Badgerperson). On the day preceding the winter solstice the priests select a man ofthe Badger clan to tend the fire that is kept burning in heiwa kivathroughout the ten days of the solstice observances. This man iscalled tsupalilona (the one who keeps the blood pudding), and thesacred fire is his pudding. He in turn selects the impersonator ofCulawitsi from among the young boys of his family. Culawitsi mustbe Badger clan one year and child of Badger the next, so tsupalilonaselects either his sisters son (Badger) or his own son (child of Badger).In selecting a man for
Size: 1225px × 2040px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjectindians, bookyear1895
