The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions

Shipap (spirit world of the dead), 16–22 passim, 26, 99, 239,
269n3
Shiwana, see Supernatural, the
Shoshorni Indians, 197, 215
Silko, Leslie Marmon, 82, 95–97, 118, 123, 138–47 passim,
151, 152, 158, 264
Sioux Indians, 44, 82, 197, 198, 200, 260, 280n1; poets/poetry
of, 159, 178; rituals of, 69, 205. See also Lakota Indians
Sitting Bull (Indian leader), 115, 263, 266, 276n12
Six Grandfathers, 110–15 passim
Six Powers of the Universe, 112
“Sky City,” 48. See also Acoma Indians
Sky Woman, 14–15, 25, 41, 263
Slavery, 34, 35, 37, 218, 220
Smith, Capt. John, 34, 282n7
Snake Man, Snake Man’s mother, 21
Snake Mound (Ohio), 257
Socialism, 220. See also Egalitarianism
Social systems, see Tribal systems
Socioeconomic conditions, see Egalitarianism; Unemployment;
Urbanization
Songs, 56; classification of, 74–75; death song, 267; as element
in ceremony, 64, 73, 74, 205. See also Ceremony; Chantways
(healing ceremonies); Dances
Space, perception of, 59, 147
Spider Boy, 227
Spider Old Woman/Thought Woman, 11–29 passim, 41, 45, 98,
99, 100, 119, 122–23, 125, 227, 255, 263, 264, 268;
masculinization of, 41. See also Creatrix, the; Grandmother(s)
Spirit(s): presence of/communication with, 2, 3, 169, 172–73,
247–57 passim; Supreme, Woman as, 11, 13–18. See also
All-Spirit; Great Spirit; Supernatural, the
Spirit world of the dead, see Shipap