The Sia

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Description: 

Traditional childbirth practices include the presence of men and women, each of whom has a task. The author observed the birth and concurrent cérémonies and describes them in detail. The Zia do not believe in a return of the spirits of their dead after they have entered Shipapo. Reason why is included. Excerpts only.

People: 
American Indian, Apache, Navajo, Pueblo of Zuni
Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Death, Traditional Treatment, Tribal Actions, Women/Children
Original Date Description: 
1889-1890
Original Date: 
1889
Creator: 
Stevenson, M.C.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
This item is in the Public Domain
Source: 
Philadelphia:J.B. Lippincott; Stevenson, MC. The Sia. BAE 11th Report 1889-1890;1-157.
Identifier: 
9900258
Subject: 
Ceremonial, Cultural Characteristics, Delivery, Labor, Mortality, Mortuary Practices, Pregnancy, Traditional Medicine
Type: 
Monograph