Word: moqui
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Geographers, like the christeners of Pullman cars, are sometimes hard put to it to find appropriate names. The Department of the Interior, when it named one of its western Indian Reservations, thought that "Moqui" was a good Indian word and suitable enough for the tribe. But the tribe, with some reason, showed annoyance, for it transpired that "Moqui" means "Dead Ones...
Geographers, like the christeners of Pullman cars, are sometimes hard put to it to find appropriate names. The Department of the Interior, when it named one of its western Indian Reservations, thought that "Moqui" was a good Indian word and suitable enough for the tribe. But the tribe, with some reason showed annoyance, for it transpired that "Moqui" means "Dead Ones...
...views abounded in a wealth of color, showing not only a large number of scenes from the canon itself but also many portions of the neighboring country. Among the other subjects shown were the ancient cliff dwellings, petrified forests, and settlements of the Navajo and Moqui Inbians who live not far from the canon...
...large hall in the museum is already devoted to the Hemenway collection from the Moqui region. This hall is open to the public and is well worthy of a visit by all interested in Indian ceremonials and in the remarkable pottery from the Moqui region. Many of the designs of this pottery are of interest from their symbolism and artistic merit...
...Chinese. And each of these races has its own stories, myths, and traditions, so that the field for investigation is exceedingly wide. The religion of the American races was esoteric. Secret religious brotherhoods, like those which existed in Greece and Rome, are found today among the Pueblo, Zuni, and Moqui tribes, absolutely controlling all the worship of the people...