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Describes the ceremonial cycle of the inhabitants of Zuni Pueblo, located in western New Mexico. Overview of the annual series of dramatic theatrical performances by Zuni; Elements used by Zunis to organize both their calendar and their sacred theater; Keeper of the ceremonial calendar.

The article presents a study on a comparison of semantic structures in American Southwest culture groups. The factor structures of a sample of semantic scales showed that Spanish, Zuni, Hopi, and English-speaking respondents define a semantic space with like dynamism and evaluative dimensions. Although the semantic space for the Navaho group can be defined with like dimensions, the similarity measures were consistently lower for the said group. A third factor for each group was not similar for all groups.

The article presents the author's comments about the article "The Return of the Ahayu:da: Lessons for Repatriation from Zuni Pueblo and the Smithsonian Institution," by William L. Merrill, Edmund J. Ladd and T.J. Ferguson, published in the present issue of the journal. The author says that the article offers invaluable insight into the process leading to the return of cultural property to the Zuni Indians of New Mexico.

The article presents the author's comments about the article "The Return of the Ahayu:da: Lessons for Repatriation from Zuni Pueblo and the Smithsonian Institution," by William L. Merrill, Edmund J. Ladd and T.J. Ferguson, published in the present issue of the journal. The author says that the article focuses on the return of cultural property to the Zuni Indians. He says that cultural property is invaluable.