Rock Art of Dinetah: Stories of Heroes and Healing • Dinetah location: NW New Mexico • Navajo occupation: 1600’s and 1700’s • Time and place where Athabaskans and Puebloans combined and formed Navajo culture. • Location of the origin of many Navajo ceremonies. • When Navajos moved west to the Canyon de Chelly area, sandpaintings took the place of rock art for depiction of images related to ceremonies. Characters

• Ghaa’ask’idii--Humpback

• Zaha’doolzhaai—Fringe Mouth • Haile—Head and Face Masks in Navaho Ceremonialism, p. 20

Hero Twins

• Naayee’ Neizghani—Monster Slayer • Tobajishchini—Born for Water Berard Haile. Head and Face Masks in Navaho Ceremonialism, p. 46.

Sun and Moon

• Johonaa’ei—Sun Carrier

• Tl’ehonaa’ei—Moon Carrier • Naadaa’--Corn • Ma’ii--Coyote

• ‘Atsa--Eagle

• Dahiitihi--Hummingbird • Jaa’abani--Bat

• Shash--Bear • So’lani--Constellations • Ye’ii—Holy People or Supernatural Powers People

• Kiis’aanii--Pueblo • Schaafsma—New Perspectives on Pottery Mound, p. 145

• Unidentified

Stories

• Jaa’abani’ Asdzaa’—Bat Woman • Tse dah hodziiltalii—The Kicker

• Naahwiilbiihi—The Great Gambler

Ceremonies

• Hozhooji--Blessingway

• Tl’ee’ji--Nightway

• Dzil latahji--Mountainway

• Hoozhonee--Beautyway • Haile, Oakes and Wyman—Beautyway, PlateVI. • Ceremonial?

References Haile, Berard. Head and Face Masks in Navaho Ceremonialism. St. Michaels, AZ Press, 1947. AMS Reprint, 1978. Haile, Berard, Maud Oakes, and Leland Wyman. Beautyway: A Navaho Ceremonial. Bollingen Series LIII. Pantheon Books, 1957. Spencer, Katherine. Mythology and Values: An Analysis of Navaho Chantway Myths. Memoirs of the American Folklore Society, Volume 48, 1957. Witze, Alexandra. “When the Gambler Came to Chaco.” in American Archaeology, Vol. 22 No. 2, 2018. Pages 12- 17. Zolbrod, Paul. Dine bahane’: The Navajo Creation Story. University of New Mexico Press, 1984.