Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Chapter I. Pascua Village
The Setting of the Village
Yaqui Villages in Arizona
The Population of Pascua
Material Culture
History
Summary
Chapter II. Economics
The Means of Subsistence
The Level of Subsistence
The Use of Money
Property
Economic Aspects of the Fiesta
Economic Attitudes
Summary
Kinship Terms
Kinship Behavior
Marriage
The Kinship Groups
Recent Changes in Kinship Behavior
Summary
Chapter IV. Ceremonial Sponsorship
Terminology
The Nature of Ceremonial Sponsorship
The Nature of the Obligations
The Padrino Group
The Ideas Underlying Ceremonial Sponsorship
How the System works
Summary
The Men's Societies
The Women's Societies
Membership in a Ceremonial Society
The Obligations of Members
The Obligations of Societies to Members
The Composition of the Ceremonial Societies
Summary
Chapter VI. The Church and the Pueblo
The Pueblo
The Church
Social Control
Summary
Chapter VII. The Pascola Dancers
Organization of the Activities of the Pascolas
Ceremonies in Which Pascolas Appear
The Dancers and Their Dance
Ritual Functions of the Pascolas
The Deer-Dancer
Native Interpretations
Attitudes toward the Pascolas
Summary
Chapter VIII. The Ceremonial System: Events and Patterns
The Ceremonial Calendar
Noncalendrical Ceremonies
The Elements of the Ritual
Summary
Chapter IX. The Ceremonial System: Ancestors and Deities
The Channels of Tradition
Death and the Ancestors
The Virgin Mary
Jesus: El Señor
The Animals
The Element of Burlesque
Individual Attitudes
Summary
Chapter X. Organization and Conflict
The Nature of the Social Organization
The Nature of the Conflict
Chapter XI. Conclusion: The Hypothesis of Functional Inconsistency
Bibliography
Index