The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1919-05-31

the agents discourage our drop. hey
say they do not. but although u y not
forbidden TO wear our costume, the In
nuonce IN 20 d~eprecinte tho Indian
dress. when ! 10 10 the city ! take an
overcoat but I also tnKe my blanket
and e A. 4 prefer Indian dress.
The lsieta Indians and AZ far as I
know, those OF other puebi0s cling
tenaciounly TO their customs and
that u why The old men OF the tribe
fight h change In dreas. blanket
weaving among us IN Dying out. the
zunis and the NavaJos make rugs 20
sell. aud although n 10 taught In the
schools u IN not the name ns when
done by the tribe. We have turned
from waving 10 ~garcuiture largely nt
Ialcta. n although there are a few
who still make vtry beautiful blank
cts. as fine ~ there are. u h not an
Industry. In the old days each
blanket had iH story, and the designs
aud he very colora In which those
designs were carried out, had a sig
~nifcance. And - the blankets were
more beautiful than thor en- be- now.
because things that have "a moaning
always are batter than what IN made
lust for prcttineaa. This art tan oniy
be learned from the old men who are
masters of "a. Sometimes the traders
aud the Harvey people give their
wcavers designs TO work u bu, they
are never ~ good.
The Dancc Not Evil. Iiut n Racial IN.
prc~-ion of ficauty.
AZ 20 our dnnceHi I do not think
that We will eve give them up. ani
shuuid the government ever mnKe o.
objection u would meet with tho
strongest opposition. I can tell you.
There n no immoral feature 10 our
dancing" he continued. when asked
ne To hat aspect. ~ some Of the
pueblos hnvc ! do not know. We dis
courage any thing like thut " u ~ at
tempted They are sometimes 'Vul-
gar" but not any more than your own
plays. I have heard that there we're
IN the deiirhtmskers dances some
things which the Americans consider
wrong. hut ! know that from the In
dams view point they think no evil
here" with "a gesture 60 the fore
head nor practice a. Their sre all
kinda Of men everywhere; I could tell
OF customs OF the white man that are
worse. but that does not moan that
the race In degenerate"
The dance IL handed down 20 us
for many hundreds Of years ns a Hac-
rod tradition" continued Pablo. We
have dances that are older han CO.
AfhAH" ~ ~ NV NHHfH
green Dance 20 the supreme Being
Who IL and ever will be god. ~ danced
go u prayer for q good nnd prosperous
year. The ~nlp dance IN a relic 81
war and In danced against the ira
ditiuual Vnsmiss Of the pueblo Indian.
whom We have u are born enemies 10
~. this ia ~ old III Indian life. IA
September the harvest OF tho year.
there b. n Thanksgiving dance for
the benefits received during the year.
Thcac dances continue Just a. they
ia done for centuries. they are tnb-
al but they are not pagnn.thst u incon-
EiHtcut with Christianity. There are
also dances which date from the COM
Ing Of chriAtianity as IN known
dnnces FOR pntron saints aud Christ
mus.
ki,as Conceal no Dark Scx-rrts.
We do not make imnges 10 wor-
ship In our kiyaz do not believe
that n pucbioH 10. The little images
that are made are only 10 sell The
'%ouncils ana deliberations which sc.
on In u kisaH are open, there h. no
secret" There followed many qucs-