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The Navajo listening ritebook chapter 1938 • Newcomb, Franc Johnson
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a short, detailed account of the Navajo listening rite used to discover lost objects, animals, or people, hear news of distant relatives, or discover if a person is being bewitched. Th...How the Navajo adopt ritesbook chapter 1939 • Newcomb, Franc Johnson
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This is a discussion of how Navajo medicine men acquire some sacred objects and rites from one another and from other Indian groups. It contains some very good case material. The author was a ...Navajo omens and taboosbook chapter 1940 • Newcomb, Franc Johnson
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This extensive collection of Navajo omens and taboos could only have been written by someone who has lived intimately with the tribe over a long period. Mrs. Newcomb and her husband began oper...Hosteen KlahBook 1964 • Newcomb, Franc Johnson
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
This monograph is a biography of Hosteen Klah, a noted Navajo medicine man, wealthy stockman, and weaver who played an important role in the lives of Franc J. Newcomb and her husband Arthur du...A study of Navajo symbolismBook 1956 • Newcomb, Franc Johnson et al.
Navajo • North America > Southwest and Basin
Based on research conducted near Tuba City, Arizona, and northwestern New Mexico, this work explores Navajo sand paintings and picture writing from a ceremonial and symbolic perspective. The s...