Baskets, burden, used by Apache, [17], [19], [132]
Jicarilla, traded for corn, [134], [135]
Bat in Jicarilla mythology, [67]-68
Bathing by the Apache, [16]
following puberty rite, [47]
See Hair-washing; Washing
Bead Chant of the Navaho, [78]
Beads, cross and crescent worked in, [42]
of precious stones in Navaho myth, [104]
shell, in Navaho mythology, [106]-107
shell, mixed with pollen, [38]
silver, of the Navaho, [76], [77]
symbolic of prayer, [34]
used in puberty rite, [46], [47]
white, on medicine caps, [40]
Beans depicted in dry-painting, [121]
Bear People of Navaho mythology, [111]
Bears in Apache mythology, [35]
in Jicarilla mythology, [56], [58], [64]
in Navaho dry-painting, [79]
in Navaho mythology, [97], [102], [106]
tabooed as food by Apache, [20]
tabooed as food by Jicarillas, [135]
Bear Springs valley, [11]