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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS

IN
AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY AND ETHNOLOGY

Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 69-186, Pls. 16-19

June 27, 1908

THE RELIGION OF THE LUISEÑO INDIANS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

BY

CONSTANCE GODDARD DuBOIS.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

Editor's Note

70

Introduction

73

Initiation Ceremonies

The Toloache Ceremony

77

Wanawut, the Sacred Net

85

The Sand Painting

87

The Ant Ordeal

91

The Chungichnish Ceremony of Unish Matakish

92

Wukunish, the Girl's Ceremony

93

Sacred Chungichnish Objects

97

Mourning Ceremonies

The Image Ceremony

100

The Notish Ceremony

103

Ceremonial Songs

105

Myths

128

Luiseño Creation, Third Version

128

Luiseño Creation, Fourth Version

138

Origin of the Notish Mourning Ceremony

148

A Chungichnish Story

150

Nahachish

151

The Spirit Wife

153

The Dance of the Spirits

154

The Spring behind the Cemetery

155

The Walking Tamyush

156

How Coyote killed the Frog

156

The Flood

157

p. 70

Traditional Knowledge

Ancestral Landmarks and Descent of Songs

158

Clans or Traditional Groups

160

Star Lore and Calendar

162

The Origin of Music

166

Appendix I. By C. G. DuBois. Games, Arts, and Industries of the Diegueños and Luiseños

167

Appendix II. By A. L. Kroeber. Notes on the Luiseños

174

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