From Edward Curtis’ Field Notes:

“…the Pueblos evolved a cult that centers to a considerable extent in the desire for rain, consequently there were developed scores of ceremonies which had and still have as an important purpose the supplication of the cloud-gods for the beneficent showers and snows by which the tribal entity is conserved.” – Edward S. Curtis

Volume 16, The Tiwa. The Keres, 1926. Portfolio plate no. 544.