Mishongnovi

Lower: An elevated doorway in the Hopi pueblo of Mishongnovi.

The Material Culture of Pueblo Bonito 1954

Dr. Byron Cummings reports this Mishongnovi ceremony as having several interesting variations from the Walpi report given above.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921

Mishongnovi and Oraibi Village because of an older trouble.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921

Dr. Monsen tells of seeing the Flute ceremony at Mishongnovi, a good many years ago, and of the deeply religious feeling that pervaded the whole scene.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921

So the daughter of the Huckovi chief goes to a house top where she can see the pretty daughter of the Mishongnovi chief sitting with a bunch of girls, all in their bright shawls and with their hair in whorls.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921

Flute Ceremony at Mishongnovi is perhaps the most impressive example of this pageant as given by the double fraternity.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921

So that night the dance is going to be, the father and mother of the children baked up much sweet corn for them to take to this dance at Mishongnovi.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921

So they approached the village from another direction so no one would know where they had come from, and they put on their costumes and the girl dressed exactly like the son of the Mishongnovi village chief in his Hair Eater Kachina costume so no one can tell who she is.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921

"Of course the dance stopped and everybody started to come after her, but she and her brother ran from house top to lower house top and jumped to the ground and ran on west by Toreva and toward home, with all the men of Mishongnovi chasing them and shooting with bows and arrows.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921

"Then a friend of the Huckovi chief went over from Mishongnovi and told all this to the war chief of Huckovi, who told his people to do likewise, for now there will be war.

The Unwritten Literature of the Hopi Hattie Greene Lockett 1921