Indians of the Southwest

              INDIANS of the SOUTHWEST
AN ILLUSTRATED LECTURE

By MISS MILDRED RICE


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Miss Mildred Rice





Moki Pueblo of Wolpi

Where Things Are Different
From the Great Lakes to the blue Pacific, in two hours of delightful personally conducted travel, we visit en route the homes of the American aborigines, built centuries ago on the many colorful mesa lands of New Mexico and Arizona.  We shall see the Indian as he is and always has been, glimpses of his home life, his arts and crafts, his religious ceremonies, his social organizations, and an occasional view of age-old ruins of his ancestral home.


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We stop at Albuquerque, at the Indian villages of Isleta and Laguna, thence across the desert to sky-kissed Acoma, from where the Enchanted Mesa, site of the older Pueblo, may plainly be seen.

After a brief visit to the White Mountain Apache Reservation in Southern Arizona, we travel to Gallup, New Mexico, and on to the country of the nomadic tribe of Navajos who are rich in herds and flocks, wonderful silver-smiths and skilled blanket weavers.


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Passing on by way of Keams Canyon to Oraibi, we visit that most interesting tribe, the Hopis.  They have many fraternities and religious ceremonies including the Snake dance, a dramatized prayer for rain.  Many of





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THE INDIAN WEAVER

Out in the land of little rain,
Of Canyon rift and cactus plain,
An Indian woman, short and swart,
This blanket wove with patient art,
And day to day through all a year,
Before her loom, by pattern queer,
She stolidly a story told—
A legend of her people, old.
With thread on thread, and line on line,
She wrought each curious design;
The symbol of the day and night,
Of desert and of mountain height,
Of journey long and storm beset,
Of village passed, and dangers met,
Of winds and seasons, cold and heat,
Of famine harsh and plenty sweet.
Now in this paleface home it lies;
'Neath careless, unsuspecting eyes
Which never read the tale that runs
A course of ancient mystic suns,
To us 'tis simply many hued,
Of figures barbarous and rude;
Appeals in vain its pictured lore;
An Indian Blanket — nothing more.





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In connection with my lectures on the INDIANS OF THE SOUTHWEST and in showing the native handicraft of the Navajo and other Tribes, many inquiries have been made as to how the wonderful Navajo blankets could be obtained, for use as rugs in our modern homes.  To meet the many demands of the kind, I have made arrangements for shipments of Genuine Navajo Blankets from Granado, Arizona, at which point is located the largest agency in the Navajo Reservation, being personally acquainted with the parties of the Agency and with the surrounding country in which the rugs are made, and am a judge of good rugs.  The Indians sell the most of their wool at this point.

A fine blanket can be obtained according to size and weight, from $10.00 to $30.00.  If you are interested, kindly advise and I will arrange for something the size and price you may wish to pay, and have them sent from the Reservation on approval.  These prices will be about one-third of what a dealer would charge you, and there will be no risk of not obtaining a genuine Navajo.  Have also an assortment of silver bracelets and rings, with turquois settings made by the native in his rude surroundings—beaten out of Mexican silver dollars—of quaint and beautiful designs.  In case you are interested, write or phone.

Sincerely,
MISS MILDRED RICE, 6720 Greenview Ave., Chicago, Illinois.

Phone Rogers Park 6732.


Navajo Blankets and Silver Jewelry
Pima and Hopi Baskets
Acoma and Laguna Pottery





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Starting at Chicago's Lake Front—First Stop Albuquerque—Passing Isleta—Laguna Indian Village—Its Quaint Customs—Start for Acoma—Enroute—The Enchanted Mesa—Inaccessible Almost—Climb to Mesa—350 feet above the Plaints—Pueblo of Acoma—A Wonderful Village—A Church Bell dated 1540—Reservoirs—Pottery Makers—and Sellers—Apaches—A Noted Scout—Mother and Babies—Games—Leaving Gallump—Nature's Freaks—Chas. Day, Indian Trader—Western Hospitality—Wonderful Forests—A Snow Storm in May—Granado in the Heart of Navajo Country—Kit Carson—Ancient Artists—Indian School—A Candy Scramble—Keam's Canyon—Merry Lorenzo Hubbell—Navajo

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 Customs—Loco—Sunday Clothes and Silver Jewelry—110 Year Old Indian—Medicine Man—Mary's Lamb—Papoose and Children—Hogans—Silversmith—Blanket Weavers—Gambling—Sports—First Glimpse of Moki's—Village 500 feet High in Air—A 2000 Year Old Community—A Marathon—Oraibi—The First Auto to Enter the Country—The Surprise It Caused—185 Miles from Railroad—High Priestess—Kiva—Hopi Unlimited—Cupid—Visitors—Children and Women—A Madonna—Basket Weavers—Potters—Marriage Customs—Girl

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 Picks Own Husband—Moccasin Maker—Red Pepper Lady—Weaving Blankets—A Man Dressmaker—Eagle Graves—A Turkey—Children's Graves—Lodges or Clans—Katcino—Harvest—Social—War and Snake Dances—A Supai Chief—Girl—Home and Papoose—Shelter—Petrified Forest — A

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 Few Views of the Grand Canyon — A Desert Angel—California Scenes—The Pacific Ocean—Adios.