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How To Say: Thank You; Chickasaw Nation Honors Brent Greenwood; Apache Sunrise Ceremony, Part I, photographs by John Jernigan; Oklahoma Casinos & Entertainment, OK Casino Guide, OK Casino Trail, Dreamcatcher online.TRANSCRIPT
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Cover: Cierra at the beginning of her NA’II’EES (Sunrise Ceremony) at the White Mountain Apache reservation. This spread: Cierra’s mother and family walk over to the her camp to begin the ceremony. All photographs by John Jernigan
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NA'II'EES APACHE SUNRISE CEREMONY
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>The Apache
Na’ii’ees(Sunrise
Ceremony)isa
four-dayritual
thatApachegirls
experienceaftertheir
firstmenstruation.
Throughnumerous
sacredceremonies,
dances,songs,and
enactments,thegirls
attainthephysical
andspiritualpowerof
WhitePaintedWoman,
andbecomewomen
oftheApachenation.
>Onthefirstevening
familyandfriends
gatheratCierra’s
campontheWhite
MountainApache
reservation.The
presidingmedicine
man,BertHinton,
startstheceremony.
>WethankCierra’s
familyandMr.
Hintonforallowing
ustodocumentthis
occasion.Special
thankstoThana
Sinquahforher
assistanceand
hospitality.Wewill
featurethisNa’ii’ees
inthreeparts.
>Allphotographsby
John Jernigan
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NA'II'EES APACHE SUNRISE CEREMONY
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The first woman,
White Painted Woman
(also known as
Esdzanadehe, and
Changing Woman)
survive the great Flood
in an abalone shell.
She established a
puberty rite to be given
for all daughters of her
people, and to instruct
the women of the tribe
in the ritual.
>On the first evening
the Dressing Ceremony
takes place: the girl
is dressed by her
godmother with an
eagle feather, an
abalone shell, and a
buckskin dress.
>The family takes
care in choosing the
godmother. As her
primary attendant in
the Sunrise ceremony,
the godmother will
dance with her
both day and night,
massage her, help
inspirie her and to feed
and care for her.
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John Jernigan
NA'II'EES APACHE SUNRISE CEREMONY
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John Jernigan
NA'II'EES APACHE SUNRISE CEREMONY
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>Cierra is guided
by the medicine man
through the stages of
the ceremony. Another
female relative, usually
an older sister or
cousin, is also actively
involved, lending
support to her when
her energy fades.
>The medicine man
hands the sacred
cane to the girl. For
the duration of the
ceremony, the girl is
not allowed to bathe
or touch things; she
has to use a scratching
stick and drinks
through a yellow reed.
>In the course of the
ceremony, Cierra will
act out four Apache
life objectives: physical
strength, good
disposition, prosperity;
and a sound, healthy,
old age.
>
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