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Oraibi natal customs and ceremoniesBook 1905 • Voth, Henry R.
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
This source contains descriptions of childbirth and associated ceremonies among ther Hopi Indians of Oraibi at about the beginning of the twentieth century. An extended description of the naming ceremony for an infant boy is also given. The descripti...Hopi proper namesBook 1905 • Voth, Henry R.
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
This monograph presents an interpretive list of Hopi proper names compiled by a Mennonite missionary who lived at Oraibi for twenty-five years and spoke the language fluently. The names are organized according to their lineage-sib-totem affiliations....Brief miscellaneous Hopi papersBook 1912 • Voth, Henry R.
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
This source includes seven brief papers, relating almost wholly to the pueblo of Oraibi. They are: Notes on Modern Burial Customs; Notes on the Eagle Cult of the Hopi; The Oraibi New Year Ceremony; Tawa Baholawu of the Oraibi Flute Societies; Four Ho...The Oraibi Marau ceremonyBook 1912 • Voth, Henry R.
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a detailed, day by day account of the Marau ceremony in the village of Oraibi. The ceremony takes place every alternate year, once in January and once in September. Each is described separately, though they are essentially the same (p. 12). T...The Oráibi Oáqöl ceremonyBook 1903 • Voth, Henry R.
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
This source is an extremely detailed day-by-day description of the Oáqöl ceremony, its participants and ritual, in which young girls are initiated into the Oáqöl Society, one of the three “women’s fraternities” in Oráibi. It also contains small amoun...The traditions of the HopiBook 1973 • Voth, Henry R.
Hopi • North America > Southwest and Basin
Heinrich Voth, the Mennonite missionary who spent almost 10 years among the Hopi and who spoke the Hopi language fluently, compiled this collection of myths, historical traditions, and stories. Most of the tales were collected at Oraibi although ther...