Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . forming its own group, areheard some time before the men are visible. In ten days the sameparty visits Ane hlawa an to kiapoakwi, a shrine on a mound south-Avest of Zufii; and ten days later they go to Suski ashoktakwi (coyotestone drinking place). After ten more days they visit Akohannatinakwi (white rocks sitting), a group of white sandstone pinnaclesperched on a knoll which are sacred to the Council of the Stevenson] CEREMONIES OF THE SHAlAKO 235 Two of the rocks are marked with perpe
Annual report of the Bureau of ethnology to the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution .. . forming its own group, areheard some time before the men are visible. In ten days the sameparty visits Ane hlawa an to kiapoakwi, a shrine on a mound south-Avest of Zufii; and ten days later they go to Suski ashoktakwi (coyotestone drinking place). After ten more days they visit Akohannatinakwi (white rocks sitting), a group of white sandstone pinnaclesperched on a knoll which are sacred to the Council of the Stevenson] CEREMONIES OF THE SHAlAKO 235 Two of the rocks are marked with perpendicular lines cut in the rock,one having twenty-nine the other twenty-eight lines. It was statedthat these lines denote the number of years the late Komosonaand Kopekwin held office, a statement that requires Koyemshi are chosen annually alternately from the fraternitiesenumerated below. It will be remembered that the Great Father isdesignated at the winter-solstice ceremonial, he in turn choosing hisfellows. The clans given are not those of the men personating theKoyemshi, but the clans of their paternal parents. It makes nodifference to what clan each man who personates a Koyemshi belongs,but his father must be of the clan mentioned. The Newekwe (Galaxy),Showekwe (Arrow reed), Koshikwe (Cactus), and Make *hlannakwe((Treat fire) fraternities follow annually in regular succession. Matke Udanna- Koyi mslii Nt wekwe Showekwea tKoBhikwe kwe 1 Awan tachu (great father) Sand hill Crane
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