Navajo medicine man

Navajo medicine man - nesjaja hatali american memory from the library of congress nesjaja hatali - navaho (the north american indian; v. 01) creator curtis, edward s. , 1868-1952. Summary description by edward s. Curtis: a well-known navaho medicine-man. While in the cañon de chelly the writer witnessed a very interesting four days' ceremony given by the wind doctor. Nesjaja hatali was also assistant medicine-man in two nine days' ceremonies studied - one in cañon del muerto and the other in this portfolio (no. 39) is reproduced from one made and used by this priest-doctor in the mountain chant. Notes 1 photogravure: brown ink; 44 x 33 cm. Original photogravure produced in boston by john andrew & son, c1904. Original source: the apache. The jicarillas. The navaho [portfolio]; plate no. 31 seattle: s. E. Curtis, 1907. Object type photomechanical print image repository northwestern university. Library. , evanston, ill. Digital id http://hdl. Loc. Gov/loc. Award/iencurt. Cp01031. Date: This image was copyrighted or originally published in 1907.