Dancing Gods, by Erna Fergusson, [1931]
| Introduction | xv |
| 1: THE PUEBLO PEOPLE | 3 |
| THE CLIFF DWELLERS | 5 |
| THE WHITE MAN; POPÉ OF SAN JUAN | 13 |
| THE PUEBLO INDIAN AND THE AMERICAN | 22 |
| II: DANCES OF THE RIO GRANDE PUEBLOS | 29 |
| WINTER DANCES | 35 |
| The Deer-dance at Taos | 36 |
| The Buffalo- and Deer-dance at San Felipe | 40 |
| SPRING DANCES | 44 |
| The Parrot-dance at Santo Domingo | 45 |
| The Turtle- or Evergreen-dance at Isleta | 49 |
| The Eagle-dance at Tesuque | 53 |
| SUMMER AND AUTUMN DANCES | 55 |
| The Corn-dance at Santo Domingo | 56 |
| The Rainbow-dance at Santa Clara | 60 |
| The Pecos Bull at Jemez | 61 |
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| III: DANCES OF ZUÑI PUEBLO | 67 |
| THE SWORD-SWALLOWERS | 72 |
| THE SUMMER RAIN-DANCE | 86 |
| THE DOLL-DANCE | 89 |
| THE SHALAKO | 91 |
| THE LEAVING OF THE GODS | 106 |
| IV: THE HOPIS | 115 |
| KATCHINAS | 120 |
| V: HOPI DANCES | 125 |
| THE BEAN-PLANTING CEREMONY | 125 |
| NIMAN KATCHINA: THE GOING-AWAY OF THE GODS | 135 |
| THE SNAKE LEGEND | 145 |
| THE SNAKE-DANCE | 148 |
| Preliminary Ceremonies | 148 |
| The Antelope-dance | 154 |
| The Day of the Snake-dance | 159 |
| The Snake-dance | 162 |
| LALAKONTI, A WOMEN'S CEREMONY | 168 |
| VI: THE NAVAJOS | 179 |
| "DINNE," THE PEOPLE | 179 |
| NAVAJOS AND SPAIN | 183 |
| THE AMERICAN CONQUEST OF THE NAVAJOS | 185 |
| THE BOSQUE REDONDO | 189 |
| THE RESERVATION AND THE GOVERNMENT | 190 |
| NAVAJO LIFE | 194 |
| CEREMONIES | 199 |
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| VII: NAVAJO RELIGION | 203 |
| MEDICINE-MEN | 203 |
| THE SQUAW-DANCE | 206 |
| THE MOUNTAIN CHANT | 208 |
| The Legend of the Mountain Chant | 208 |
| Going to the Mountain Chant | 212 |
| Preliminary Ceremonies | 215 |
| The Ninth Day | 218 |
| The Last Night | 221 |
| The Fire-dance | 230 |
| THE NIGHT CHANT | 233 |
| The Initiation | 235 |
| The Last Day | 237 |
| The Night of Dancing | 239 |
| VIII: THE APACHES | 249 |
| IX: APACHE DANCES | 257 |
| THE MESCALERO APACHE FOURTH OF JULY | 257 |
| THE FOURTH OF JULY | 260 |
| THE JICARILLA APACHE FIESTA | 269 |
| INDEX | 277 |