Zuni Religion and Language: The Collective Consciousness
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Hybrid Harvest: Six Contemporary Native American Artists
Cal State Fullerton Main Art Gallery, 800 N. State College Blvd., Fullerton - "Hybrid Harvest: Six Contemporary Native American Artists" - The exhibition explores the cross-pollination of Euro-American and Native-American worlds. Sept. 6 through Oct. 7. Tue.-Fri., noon-4 p.m.; Sat., noon-2 p.m. Admission: free. (714) 278-3262. www.arts.fullerton.edu/events/
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In celebration of National American Indian Heritage Month, the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) will host two evenings of Native American music and dance on Monday, Nov. 28, and Tuesday, Nov. 29, 7:30-10 p.m., at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The programs will take place in the Terrace Theater.
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Zuni Language and Worldview, Part VI
Zuni Religion and Language: The Collective Consciousness
Cushing also cited an incidence where he showed a pole that accompanies a theodolite to an old Zuni man and asked him what he thought the name of it was. In response the old man inquired as to the use of the item. After briefly describing the implementation of the device the old man provided a rather lengthy sentence-word that Cushing translated as “heights of the world progressively measuring stick”. The next day Cushing took the pole to the extreme corner of the pueblo and began “to flourish it around” until a middle-aged man relented to curiosity and asked what it was. Cushing then provided the Zuni name he had learned the day before and the man promptly requested, “Can they actually tell how far up and down journeying the world is?”[105].
When a Zuni is planting his field and performs the ceremonious prayer and ritual of planting prayer sticks, offering cornmeal and reciting to the six directions, changing the words only to correspond to the direction he is facing, it not likely that he is distinguishing between his religion and the agra-science he has learned. Samarin remarked that “as one level of scientia there is knowing how to perform a task or knowing the effects that natural and supernatural forces perform. That is primitive science or- depending on what we are looking at or what our prejudices may be- prescientific thinking”[106].
In this regard there is no distinction between religious and secular language as the logic of scientific language. There does however appear to be an underlying theme where non-verbal expression and the prospect of a deviant utterance distinguishes between the secular and religious in contradistinction to Young’s remark.
In Zuni Law, Smith and Roberts state, “In manifest cultural content, Zuni law appears less highly elaborated than Zuni religion. It is also true that Zuni law is less important in Zuni values than Zuni religion…In the institutional field of religion, direct association between high cultural elaboration and high evaluation is present” and while there is a an obvious disparity in elaboration of the religious and legal fields “the differential between religion and law in cultural evaluation appears to be less striking”, with the Zuni community possessing a high evaluation of law and the Tribal Council as a legal body[107].
In reports of litigation in both religious and legal trials “there is little expression …of an awareness of values pertaining to beauty”[108] and upon examination the most notable instance of any reference remotely related to aesthetic expression was case 62 where it was stated “Although in a dance it was desirable that one of the dancers wore jewelry, it should not have been stolen jewelry”[109]. In fact, most references were in regard to attanni, such as, “the woman should not have become a coyote at night”[110], or “the woman should not have brought a plague of grasshoppers into the valley”, or “it was undesirable that a man could send a centipede into the side of a woman”. All of these references are related to violations of observances and are considered as acts of witchcraft.
The duties of the Bow Society, and latter the Tribal Council, was enforcement as a secular institution despite religious evaluations. It would not do to punish or fend witchcraft through religious rite and ceremony, for to do so the canonical rite would paradoxically expose itself to the dangerous simply by reference to it, and would be akin to ‘fighting fire with fire’, a very undesirable prospect to the Zuni. Thus, attanni is negated by observance (teshkwi) and violations are reflections upon the individual, and dealt with by secular enforcement, which collectively, may include gossip, criticism, and public ridicule[111].
The underlying dialectic of the beautiful and the dangerous is evident in distinct dialogues, even in the absence of aesthetic expression, for attanni is proper to secular dialogue and is pertinent to religious dialogue only in the sense of observance where ‘if you have been living rightly, then attanni is not an issue’ (Ko’na to’ tewanan ateyaye). Non-verbal expression is not meaningless nor is a deviant utterance meaningless where the objective is the immersion of the subject into the social structure in order to eliminate causes of behavior conducive to the anti-structure of a social hierarchy where the collective consciousness of the people is to “pray to become one”[112].
If you can, plan to be there Sept. 10 or 11; you will be in for a treat. The animal park is having a special Native American Arts Festival featuring the expert storytelling of John Three Hawks, who will share tales of the local animals, plants and terrain and will truly inspire his listeners. After hearing his lively narratives, you can stroll around the facility and enjoy the wildlife from a new perspective.
American Indian songs, dances and food will also be available, as well as beautiful and unusual crafts. It's the perfect opportunity to ask questions of gifted artisans.
For more information, call Friends of the Moonridge Zoo at (909) 878-4200.
Additional American Indian artisans who are interested in participating are welcome to display wares free of charge.
Moonridge Zoo at P.O. Box 2557, Big Bear City, CA 92314
Adobe Gallery: older original paintings by Tony Abeyta, Emil Bistram, E.A. Burbank, Fremont Ellis, R.C. Gorman, Patrick Swazo Hines, and Fritz Scholder,cq all through Sept. 3; acrylic paintings and aquatint etchings by Helen Hardin, through Oct. 16. 221 Canyon Road, Santa Fe. (505) 955-0550.
USAO to host young writers workshop
Aspiring young writers and filmmakers from across Oklahoma are invited to participate in a workshop Sept. 15-16 at the University of Science and Arts in Chickasha. The workshop is hosted by the Woodcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers, with support from USAO.
The free, two-day workshop is geared toward Native American students but participants do not need to be Native American or become members of Woodcraft Circle.
Participants are also awarded with membership in the Woodcraft Circle, a national organization of Native American writers and storytellers.
For more information, contact Dr. Lee Hester, director of American Indian Studies, at 405-574-1289 or fachesterl@usao.edu, or Jay Goombi, Woodcraft regional director, at 405-574-1264or jgoombi@usao.edu.
Northeastern Native American Fine Arts Show.
A new exhibit at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum features an array of art, which runs through Sept. 5 at the museum's
gallery, shows off the artistic skills of American Indians from the Northeast.
Thirty-four artists with connections to tribes of the Northeast were chosen for the show,
which includes sculpture, carvings, oils, acrylic and mixed media.
Sept. 4-Nov. 13: "By Native Hands: Native American Basketry," Forsyth Center Galleries, Memorial Student Center, Texas A&M. 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon-6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
October 30. Native American Fall Festival-Lenape Village. Churchville Nature Center. Churchville, PA. 215-357-4005. www.churchvillenaturecenter.org.
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture:"Beauty Within," historical objects from the collection, through Oct. 23; "IconoClash,"
symbols of American Indian culture, through Jan. 15; "The Pottery of Santa Ana Pueblo," through Feb. 19. 708 Camino Lejo, Santa Fe. Admission and hours: (505) 476-1250.
Plains Art Museum: "Between Two Cultures: The Art of Star Wallowing Bull," opens Sept. 24; "Contemporary Native American Artists - Reflections After Lewis and Clark," opens July 21, (701) 232-3821.
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In the beginning, Prairie Falcon and Crow were sitting on a log which
projected above the waters that covered the world. They asked Duck what
number he dreamed of, and Duck replied, "Two." Prairie Falcon assigned him
the number three and told him to dive into the water and bring up some sand
from the bottom. Duck dived to get the sand, but before he reached the
bottom, the three days he had been allotted expired. He awoke from his
dream, died, and floated to the surface. Prairie Falcon brought him back to
life however, and asked him what the trouble was. Duck said that he had come
out of his dream, died, and then floated to the top. Prairie Falcon now
asked Coot what number he had dreamed of. Coot replied, "Four." Then Prairie
Falcon assigned him the number two and ordered him to dive for sand. Before
Coot reached the bottom, two days elapsed, and he came out of his dream. He
too died, and his body floated to the surface of the waters. Prairie Falcon
saw the corpse, recovered it, and brought Coot back to life. He asked Coot
what had been the trouble, and Coot replied that he had passed out of his
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told him that was the number of days he had to bring sand from the bottom of
the waters. Grebe was successful. he dived all the way to the bottom of the
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surface, he passed out of his dream, died and floated to the surface.
Prairie Falcon brought him back to life and asked if he had secured any
sand. Grebe said that he had, so Prairie Falcon wanted to know what he had
done with it. Grebe explained that it had all slipped from his grasp when he
died. Prairie Falcon and Crow both laughed at him and said that they didn't
believe him. Then they looked at his hands and found sand under the
fingernails. They took that sand and threw it in every direction. This is
the way in which they made the world.
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Cushing also cited an
incidence where he showed a pole that accompanies a theodolite to an old Zuni
man and asked him what he thought the name of it was. In response the old man inquired as to the
use
of the
item. After briefly describing the
implementation of the device the old man provided a rather lengthy
sentence-word that Cushing translated as "heights of the world progressively
measuring stick". The next day Cushing
took the pole to the extreme corner of the pueblo and began "to flourish it
around" until a middle-aged man relented to curiosity and asked what it
was. Cushing then provided the Zuni
name he had learned the day before and the man promptly requested, "Can they
actually tell how far up and down journeying the world is?"
[105].
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