{"collection":"Native American","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/nam/sw/index.htm","path":"nam/sw/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/nam/sw/index.htm","text":"This index has links to resources at Sacred-texts about the religion, mythology, folklore and spiritual practices of Native Americans of the desert Southwestern region. The following tribes have their own indices: The Delight Makers by Adolf F. Bandelier [1890] An ethnographic novel of pre-columbian Pueblo life. Pueblo Indian Folk-Stories by Charles F. Lummis [1910] A classic retelling of Pueblo mythology by a pioneering scholar of the Southwest region. Tales of the Cochiti Indians by Ruth Benedict [1931] Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 98. A ethnographic collection of folklore from one of the New Mexico Pueblo groups, the Cochiti, by one of the greatest 20th century anthropologists. Dancing Gods by Erna Fergusson [1931] This classic description of Southwestern ceremonialism is also a great read. Songs of the Tewa tr. by Herbert Joseph Spinden [1931] An evocative collection of poetry from the Tewa Pueblo people, plus an extended essay on Native American poetry. Origin Myth of Acoma by Matthew W. Stirling [1942] (Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 135) A fascinating academic study of the Acoma Pueblo myth cycle. The Tribes of the Thirty-Fifth Parallel Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. XVII.--No. 100, September. [1858] Aw-aw-tam Indian Nights (Myths and Legends of the Pima) by J. William Lloyd [1911] Folklore of the Pima, residents of the deserts of southern Arizona. Yaqui Myths and Legends by Ruth Warner Giddings [1959] Native American folklore from the coast of the Sonora desert of Mexico.","title":"Religions of Southwestern Native Americans","type":"page"}