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A kiva is an underground place of worship for the Pueblo peoples. The religious characters in the novel often visit the reservation’s kiva.
Kiva Quotes in House Made of Dawn
The House Made of Dawn quotes below are all either spoken by Kiva or refer to Kiva. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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4. The Longhair, July 25 Quotes
[Francisco] is evil & desires to do me some injury & this after I befriended him all his life. […] He is one of them & goes often in the kiva & puts on their horns & hides & does worship that Serpent which even is the One our most ancient enemy. Yet he is unashamed to make one of my sacristans & brother I am most fearful to forbid it. […] Why am I betrayed who cannot desire to betray?
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Fray Nicolás, the Catholic priest of Walatowa, confesses in a letter to his brother a feeling of personal betrayal after discovering a young Francisco is practicing both Catholicism and his peoples’ traditional religion. In his journal entries prior to this letter, Nicolás has been dismissive of the Jemez religion, but his mental state has deteriorated, and he now reveals his zealous hatred for Indigenous religions, which he believes to be devil-worship. Nicolás’s absolute intolerance for the Jemez religion contrasts with Francisco’s ability to believe “unashamed[ly]” in tenets of both Catholicism and the Jemez religion; this contrast emphasizes the stubborn arrogance Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus corrupti soluta. Qui aut a. Rerum voluptas debitis. Voluptatem accusantium est. Mollitia eaque ipsa. Perferendis cons
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Kiva Term Timeline in House Made of Dawn
The timeline below shows where the term Kiva appears in House Made of Dawn. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
6. The Longhair, August 1
In the Middle, Francisco bows before the kiva (a place of worship), though it is not yet decorated for the celebration of Porcingula....
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Francisco leaves the kiva with other holy men to watch a pantomime involving a horse and a bull. The...
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