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chek'wehl prayer seat, "stone 'seats' on mountains ... They are semicircular walls of mortared stones, a yard
or two across, three or four feet high", flat place in front of a cliff
cheee'sh woodpecker crest, woodpecker scalp
cherhkwek' I am jumping center (in the brush dance)
cherkw jump center (in the brush dance), bird's tail
hegel dance
helomeyek' I dance
hlker'ermery war dance
hlker'ermeryek' I sing a war dance song
ka'an' deerhide blanket with hair on it, blanket, deerskin wrap (in the Jump Dance)
kehlpeyok' I sing through a dream (of a doctor), I lose control of myself at the doctor dance
keychelew speak the medicine formula on the ninth day of a girl's first menstruation
kreychoh hair ties
kery braids, hair wraps, hair tie, two braids
lepom' headband "worn by the woman formulist in the Brush Dance ... normally made of ordinary
feathers", doctor's forehead band of condor ruff
loogeen fish weir, fish dam, the Fish Dam at Kepel
ma'ak head rings, "a stuffed ring of deerskin with three or four of the scarlet [woodpecker] scalps sewn
on", "head rings with woodpecker on them", head roll
melee' there is a brush dance
melok' I attend a brush dance
meloo brush dance
mewolep' deerskin dance officiant
merwerch the dance is ending, the end of a dance
merwery' the final dance at the brush dance is danced
muenchehl ceremonial dress, dance dress
neeegem flint, obsidian
nohpet'ekws dry-salmon maggot or beetle, black bug, weevil, stranger
nohpeweehl sing solo at the brush dance, brush dance song, heavy song
no'omar' title of girl helper at the Fish Dam ceremony
nerrmery sing songs, brush dance song
nerrmeryek' I sing songs
nerrmerypeyok' I'm singing (in the brush dance)
plegokw headband of woodpecker scalps, headroll
ponchech gray deer, white deerskin
puercheehl brush dance cap
pyeweg
pyuerowok' I perform the sacred rites at a dance, I purify myself
pyuueweg perform the deerskin dance, deerskin dance
rechkok' I dance in a particular direction
regey ceremonial headdress
rego' feather, feather for display (as in headband), morning feathers (in brush dance), "simple upright down-head feathers" in the deerskin dance
remoh take part in doctor dance, kick dance, doctor dance, kick dance
remohpoh doctor dance song, doctor song
ruerowech dance in a particular direction, move across the sky (of stars)
ruerowok' I sing, I boil over, I sing
serp headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance
serperyer' headband, girl's halo in Jump Dance
syoolah dance in the brush dance (of a girl)
taahl ceremonial singer
telogehl "small animate objects which in the body of an ordinary person cause disease but in the
body of [a doctor] give her clairvoyance and the faculty of curing", pain, disease, illness
terrluel bone put through nose of corpse, knife with short hilt
wohluer girl dancer at the Fish Dam ceremony
woneek 'we-legoo jump dance
'e'guer' a carrying case of ordinary folded deerskin, basket used in jump dance, medicine basket
'o kergery feather camp, dress camp (in Jump Dance)
