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Vol.1. The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho.

 

  

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

i
  

Contents of Volume One

v
  

Alphabet Used In Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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vii

Foreword

xi

General Introduction

xiii

Introduction to Volume One

xix

The Apache

1
Historical Sketch
3
Homeland and Life
13
Mythology
23
Medicine and Medicine-Men
35

The Jicarillas

51
Home and General Customs
53
Mythology
60

The Navaho

71
Home Life, Arts, and Beliefs
73
History
81
MYTHOLOGY
83
Ceremonies
116

Appendix

129
Tribal Summary
131
Southern Athapascan Comparative Vocabulary
139

Index

145

Vol. 1 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
The Pool - Apache
Frontispiece
Nayenezgani - Navaho
x
White River - Apache
xii
By the Sycamore - Apache
xiv
The Fire Drill - Apache
xvi
A Noonday Halt - Navaho
xviii
Apache Camp
xx
Typical Apache
2
Tenokai - Apache
4
At the Ford
6
The Bathing Pool - Apache
8
Alchise - Apache
10
Mescal Hills - Apache
12
Primitive Apache Home
14
Cutting Mescal - Apache
16
Mescal - Apache
18
Filling the Pit
20
The Covered Pit - Apache
Apache Still Life
24
Among the Oaks - Apache
26
Mescal Camp - Apache
28
Sacred Buckskin - Apache
30
Apache Girl
32
The Ford - Apache
34
Apache Medicine-Man
36
Maternity Belt
38
Medicine Cap and Fetish - Apache
40
Das Lan - Apache
42
Apache Village
44
Sand Mosaic - Apache
46
Apache Gaun
48
Apache Maiden
50
Lone Tree Lodge - Jicarilla
A Jicarilla
54
A Jicarilla Feast March
56
Jicarillas
58
Jeditoh - Navaho
60
Lake Lajara - Navaho
62
Into the Desert - Navaho
64
Nature's Mirror - Navaho
66
Cañon Hogan - Navaho
68
A Drink in the Desert - Navaho
70
Under the Cottonwoods - Navaho
72
Cornfields in Cañon del Muerto - Navaho
74
The Blanket Maker - Navaho
76
Pikehodiklad - Navaho
78
Hastin Yazhe - Navaho
80
Navaho Hogan
82
Navaho Still Life
84
Navaho Medicine-man
86
Through the Cañon - Navaho
88
Evening in the Desert - Navaho
90
Haschogan - Navaho
94
Antelope Ruin - Cañon del Muerto
96
Nayenezgani - Navaho
98
Tobadzischini
100
Haschezhini
102
Gaaskidi - Navaho
104
Tonenili - Navaho
106
Zahadolzha - Navaho
108
Haschebaad - Navaho
110
Gaaskidi, Zahadolzha, Haschelti - Nahavo
112
Tonenili, Tobadzischini, Nayenezgani - Navaho
114
Yebichai Sweat - Navaho
116
Pikehodiklad - Navaho
118
Shilhne'ohli - Navaho
120
Zahadolzha - Navaho
122
Yebichai Hogan - Navaho
124
Yebichai Dancers - Navaho
126
Mescal Harvest - Apache
128
White River Valley - Apache
130
Nalin Lage - Apache
132
Infant Burial - Apache
134
Tobadzischini - Navaho
136
Gaaskidi - Navaho
138
Zahadolzha - Navaho
140
Haschelti, Haschebaad, Zahadolzha - Navaho
142
Navaho Women
144
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume One

 

Vanishing race - Navaho

 plate no. 1

Geronimo - Apache

 plate no. 2

Desert rovers - Apache

 plate no. 3

Apache - land

 plate no. 4

Alchise - Apache

 plate no. 5

Sigesh - Apache

 plate no. 6

Apache

 plate no. 7

Apache reaper

 plate no. 8

Storm - Apache

 plate no. 9

Getting water - Apache

 plate no. 10

Story-telling - Apache

 plate no. 11

Story-telling - Apache

 plate no. 12

Scout - Apache

 plate no. 13

Morning bath - Apache

 plate no. 14

Apache Nalin

 plate no. 15

Eskadi - Apache

 plate no. 16

Apache babe

 plate no. 17

Chideh - Apache

 plate no. 18

Lost trail - Apache

 plate no. 19

Vash Gon - Jicarilla

 plate no. 20

Chief Garfield - Jicarilla

 plate no. 21

Jicarilla maiden

 plate no. 22

Jicarilla matron

 plate no. 23

Hilltop camp - Jicarilla

 plate no. 24

Jicarilla women

 plate no. 25

Chief of the desert - Navaho

 plate no. 26

Women of the desert - Navaho

 plate no. 27

Cañon de Chelly - Navaho

 plate no. 28

Cañon del Muerto - Navaho

 plate no. 29

At the shrine - Navaho

 plate no. 30

Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho

 plate no. 31

Son of the desert - Navaho

 plate no. 32

Navaho flocks

 plate no. 33

Blanket weaver - Navaho

 plate no. 34

Hastobiga - Navaho medicine-man

 plate no. 35

Point of interest - Navaho

 plate no. 36

Out of the darkness - Navaho

 plate no. 37

Sunset in Navaho-land

 plate no. 38

Alhkidokihi - Navaho

 plate no. 39

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Vol.2. The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai.

 

The North American Indian

ii
  

Contents of Volume Two

v
  

Alphabet used in recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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vii

Introduction

xi

The Pima

1
Tribal Characteristics
3
Ceremonies
11
Creation Myth
14

The Papago

25

The Qahatika

39

The Mohave

45
Habitat, Home Life and Social Customs
47
Creation Myth
56
Ceremonies
58

The Yuma

61
Homeland, Arts and Customs
63
Ceremonies
70
Creation Myth
73

The Maricopa

79
Customs, Arts and Beliefs
81
Creation Myth
86

The Walapai

89

The Havasupai

95

The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai

103

Appendix

107
Tribal Summary
109
Piman Comparative Vocabulary
118
Yuman Comparative Vocabulary
123

Index

129
 
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Vol.3. The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin.

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

ii
  

Contents of Volume Three

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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Introduction

xi

The Teton Sioux

1
General Description
3
Historical Sketch
31
Religion
55
Ceremonies
71
Folk-tale
111

The Yanktonai

119

The Assiniboin

125

Appendix

135
Tribal Summary
137
Note on the Indian Music
142
Hunka-Lowanpi Prayers
151
Dakota Vocabulary
152
High Hawk's Winter-count
159
Biographical Sketches
182

Index

191
 
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Vol.4. The Apsaroke, or Crows. The Hidatsa.

 
 
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Vol.5. The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina.

 
 
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Vol.6. The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho.

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

ii
  

Contents of Volume Six

v
  

Alphabet Used In Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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vii

Introduction

xi

The Piegan

1
General Description
3
Religion and Ceremonies
31

The Cheyenne

85
Historical Sketch
87
Tribal Organization
103

The Arapaho

135

Appendix

151
Tribal Summary
153
Arapaho Songs
160
Note on the Indian Music
165
Western Algonquian Comparative Vocabulary
167

Index

175

Vol. 6 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Red Plume - Piegan
Frontispiece
Piegan Camp
Facing page 4
Piegan Lodge
6
Mountain Chief - Piegan
8
Two Medicine River - Piegan
10
A Prairie Camp - Piegan
12
A Buffalo-fall - Piegan
14
Piegan War-bonnet and Coup-stick
16
Lodge Interior - Piegan
18
The Grizzly-bear - Piegan
20
Camp in the Foot-hills - Piegan
22
Piegan Woman
24
Overlooking the Camp - Piegan
26
A Grave-house - Piegan
28
A Piegan Home
30
Navel-amulets - Piegan
36
In the Lodge - Piegan
38
Goldenrod Meadows - Piegan
40
The Crier - Piegan
42
Return to Faster's Lodge - Piegan
44
The Pledger - Piegan
46
Return with Willows - Piegan
48
Substitute Sacred Head-dress - Piegan
50
Piegan Dancers
52
The Whistler - Piegan
54
The Sun-lodge - Piegan
56
Day-dreams - Piegan
58
Camp by a Prairie Lake - Piegan
60
Piegan Girls
62
A Child's Lodge - Piegan
Facing page 64
Buffalo-stones - Piegan
66
Medicine-bags - Piegan
68
Running Owl - Piegan
70
A Favorite Cheyenne Costume
72
Cheyenne Woman
74
Wood Gatherers - Cheyenne
76
Cheyenne Matron
78
Cheyenne Man
80
Cheyenne Female Profile
82
Cheyenne Female Type
86
Sun Dance Pledgers - Cheyenne
88
Return of Scouts - Cheyenne
90
Warrior Society Encircling Camp - Cheyenne
92
Cutting the Centre-pole - Cheyenne
94
Return with Boughs - Cheyenne
96
Boughs for the Altar - Cheyenne
98
Departure from Preparation Lodge - Cheyenne
100
Lame Deer Monuments - Cheyenne
102
Offering Pipe to the Earth - Cheyenne
104
Offering Pipe to the Skull - Cheyenne
106
Priests Passing before Pipe - Cheyenne
108
Painting the Poles - Cheyenne
110
Before the Final Journey - Cheyenne
112
Crazy Dancers - Cheyenne
114
Animal Dance - Cheyenne
116
Sweat-lodge Frame - Cheyenne
118
Devotees en Route - Cheyenne
120
Building the Sun-lodge - Cheyenne
122
Beginning of the Altar - Cheyenne
124
The Altar - Cheyenne
126
Sun Dance in Progress - Cheyenne
128
Gray Dawn - Cheyenne
130
Dancing - Cheyenne
132
Cheyenne Young Woman
134
The Ancient Arapaho
136
A Smoke - Arapaho
Facing page 138
Good Man - Arapaho
140
Arapaho Maiden
142
Arapaho Youth
144
Arapaho Camp
146
Eagle Chief - Arapaho
148
Arapaho Water Girl
150
Stone Grave - Cheyenne
156
Mother and Child - Arapaho
158
On Little Powder River - Arapaho
164
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Six

 

Piegan

 plate no. 184

Morning Eagle – Piegan

 plate no. 185

Painted lodges – Piegan

 plate no. 186

Tearing Lodge – Piegan

 plate no. 187

In a Piegan lodge

 plate no. 188

White Calf – Piegan

 plate no. 189

Two Bear Woman – Piegan

 plate no.190

Double Runner - Piegan

 plate no.191

Sun dance encampment – Piegan

 plate no.192

Travaux – Piegan

 plate no. 193

Gambler – Piegan

 plate no. 194

At the water's edge – Piegan

 plate no. 195

Yellow Kidney – Piegan

 plate no.196

Idle hour – Piegan

 plate no. 197

Grizzly-bear brave – Piegan

 plate no. 198

Medicine-pipe – Piegan

 plate no. 199

New Chest – Piegan

 plate no. 200

Crow Eagle – Piegan

 plate no. 201

Middle Calf – Piegan

 plate no. 202

Weasel Tail – Piegan

 plate no. 203

Old person – Piegan

 plate no. 204

Bringing the sweat-lodge willows – Piegan

 plate no. 205

Iron Breast – Piegan

 plate no. 206

Piegan encampment

 plate no. 207

Piegan dandy

 plate no. 208

Three chiefs – Piegan

 plate no. 209

Cheyenne type

 plate no. 210

Cheyenne profile

 plate no. 211

Cheyenne girl

 plate no. 212

Two Moons – Cheyenne

 plate no. 213

At the ford – Cheyenne

 plate no. 214

Camp in the cottonwoods – Cheyenne

 plate no. 215

Porcupine – Cheyenne>

 plate no. 216

Camp in the cottonwoods - Cheyenne

 plate no. 217

Waiting in the forest - Cheyenne

 plate no. 218

Little Wolf – Cheyenne

 plate no. 219

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Vol.7. The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai.

 
 
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Vol.8. The Nez Perces. Wallawalla. Umatilla. Cayuse. The Chinookan tribes.

 
  

Vol. 8 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Tsagiglalal, the Guardian of Nihhluidih
Frontispiece
A Typical Nez Perce
Facing page 4
Nez Perce Warrior
6
A Nez Perce
8
Nez Perce Matron
10
Kulkultsalum - Nez Perce
12
Grizzly-bear Ferocious - Nez Perce
14
Half-shorn - Nez Perce
16
No Wings - Nez Perce
18
Nez Perce Profile
20
Fort Lapwai
22
Joseph - Nez Perce
24
Three Eagles - Nez Perce
26
Half Moon - Nez Perce
28
A Young Warrior - Nez Perce
30
Two Moons - Nez Perce
32
Nez Perce Girl
34
A Young Nez Perce
36
Last Home of Joseph - Nez Perce
38
Lodge of the Joseph "Dead Feast " - Nez Perce
40
Nez Perce Sweat-lodge
42
The Scout - Nez Perce
44
Nez Perce Canoe
46
The Old-time Warrior - Nez Perce
48
A Mat Lodge - Umatilla
50
White Bull - Umatilla
52
A Young Umatilla
54
Umatilla Child
56
In the Forest - Cayuse
58
With Her Proudly Decked Horse - Cayuse
Facing page 60
Umatilla Girl
62
Cayuse Type
64
Cayuse Profile
66
Falling On The Land - Cayuse
68
Cayuse Matron
70
Cayuse Youth
72
Cayuse Mother and Child
74
Cayuse Woman
76
A Mountain Home - Umatilla
78
Youth in Holiday Costume - Umatilla
80
Learning to Ride - Cayuse
82
Chinook Female Type
84
Chinook Female Profile
86
Tamlaitk - Namnit
88
Spidis - Wishham
90
Wishham Beadwork
92
Pounding Fish - Wishham
94
Island of the- Dead - Wishham
98
Salmon Fishing - Wishham
100
Wishham Fishing Platform
102
Bone Carving - Cascade
104
Wishham - Female Type
106
Wishham - Female Profile
108
Petroglyphs - Wishham
110
Wishham Basket Worker
112
On the Columbia - Wishham
114
Wishham Man
116
At the Spring - Wishham
118
Mnashwai - Wishham
120
Wishham Young Woman
122
Wishham Girls
126
Water Baskets - Wishham
128
Kyetani - Wishham
130
Wishham Child
132
Below the Cascades
134
Wind Mountain
Facing page 136
Kamagwaith - Cascade
138
Wishham Bowl
140
At the Site of Wahala - Cascade
142
Preparing Salmon - Wishham
146
Map of Nez Perce Territory
160
Daughter of Tamahus - Cayuse
164
Wishham Handicraft
172
Caches at Celilo
174
The Rock Slide - Wishham
176
Lewis and Clark's Landing-place at Nihhluidih
180
Map of Chinook Territory
182
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Eight

 

Chief Joseph - Nez Perce

 plate no. 256

Yellow Bull - Nez Perce

 plate no.257

Typical Nez Perce

 plate no. 258

Raven Blanket - Nez Perce

 plate no. 259

Night scout - Nez Perce

 plate no. 260

Watching for the signal - Nez Perce

 plate no. 261

Nez Perce warrior

 plate no. 262

Nez Perce brave

 plate no. 263

Lawyer - Nez Perce

 plate no. 264

Black Eagle - Nez Perce

 plate no. 265

Nez Perce babe

 plate no. 266

Piopio-maksmaks – Wallawalla

 plate no. 267

Piopio-maksmaks, profile – Wallawalla

 plate no. 268

Umatilla maid

 plate no. 269

Innocence – Umatilla

 plate no. 270

War chief - Nez Perce

 plate no. 271

Cayuse warrior

 plate no. 272

Holiday trappings – Cayuse

 plate no. 273

Fisherman – Wishham

 plate no. 274

Dip-netting in pools – Wishham

 plate no. 275

Spearing salmon – Wishham

 plate no. 276

Fish carrier – Wishham

 plate no. 277

Wishham girl

 plate no. 278

Wishham girl, profile

 plate no. 279

Wishham woman

 plate no. 280

Wishham bride

 plate no. 281

Hlalakum – Wishham

 plate no. 282

Kashhila – Wishham

 plate no. 283

Wishham maid

 plate no. 284

Columbia near Wind River

 plate no. 285

Lower Columbia

 plate no. 286

Evening on the Columbia

 plate no. 287

Middle Columbia

 plate no. 288

On Klickitat River – A

 plate no. 289

On Klickitat River – B

 plate no. 290

On Klickitat River – C

 plate no. 291

On the beach – Chinook

 plate no. 292
 

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Vol.9. The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa.

 
 
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Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

 
 
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Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

 
 
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Vol.12. The Hopi.

 
 
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Vol.13. The Hupa. The Yurok. The Karok. The Wiyot. Tolowa and Tututni. The Shasta. The Achomawi. The Klamath.

 
  

Vol. 13 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Fishing from a Platform
Frontispiece
Hupa Man
4
Hupa Woman
6
Hupa Baskets
8
Hupa Purses and Money
10
Hupa House
12
Hupa Sweat-House
14
Broken Fish-weir
16
Sticks Used in Hupa Guessing Game
18
Hupa Matron
20
Hupa Woman's Dress
22
Hupa Basket and Purses
24
Hupa Fisherman
26
Hupa Female Shaman
28
White Deerskin Dance Costume - Hupa
30
Dancer with Black Deer Effigy - Hupa
32
Obsidian-bearer, White Deerskin Dance - Hupa
34
Modern Hupa House
36
Costume of the Obsidian-bearer - Hupa
38
Dip-netting at the Sugar Bowl - Hupa
40
Watching for Salmon - Hupa
42
Hupa Canoe
44
Hupa Salmon-fishing
48
The Forest Stream
48
Hupa War-chief
50
A House at Wakhtek - Yurok
52
Yurok Houses at Weitspus
54
Entrance to a Yurok Sweat-house
56
Modern Yurok House
60
Yurok House on Klamath River
62
An Ancient Yurok
64
Bob Peters - Trinidad Yurok
68
Weitchpec George - Yurok
70
A Yurok Widow
72
A Yurok Cemetery
74
Yurok Fisherman
76
In the Shadow - Yurok
80
Fishing for Smelt in the Surf - Trinidad Yurok
80
Old Sweat-house Walls at Orleans Bar - Karok
82
Karok House at Soames Bar
84
The Mush-Basket
86
Karok Woman
92
Old Bob - Karok
94
Tolowa Man
96
On the Shores of the Pacific - Tolowa
98
Tolowa Tattooing
100
A Tolowa
102
Elk-horn Spoons - Tolowa
106
Measuring Shell Money - Tolowa
108
Tolowa Basket-maker
110
Tolowa Type
112
Achomawi Man
130
Achomawi Woman
132
Achomawi Summer Hut
136
Achomawi Mother and Child
136
An Achomawi
138
Achomawi Matron
140
Klamath Duck-hunter
142
Klamath Child
144
Thinking of the Old Days - Klamath
146
Gathering Basket Material - Klamath
148
Klamath Woman
150
A Klamath Costume
152
Among the Tules - Klamath
154
A Klamath Profile
156
Praying to the Spirits at Crater Lake - Klamath
158
Day Dreams - Crater Lake
162
A Klamath in Costume
164
Klamath Tule Hut
166
The Wokas Harvest - Klamath
168
Grinding Wokas - Klamath
170
Gathering Wokas
172
A Klamath Head-dress
174
Klamath Matron
176
Klamath Canoe
178
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Thirteen

 

Klamath woman

 plate no. 436

Sam Ewing – Yurok

 plate no. 437

Karok baskets

 plate no. 438

Hupa trout-trap

 plate no. 439

Old Klamath woman

 plate no. 440

A Klamath

 plate no. 441

Hupa jumping dance costume

 plate no. 442

Yurok canoe on Trinity River

 plate no. 443

Yurok canoe on Trinity River

 plate no. 444

Wife of Modoc Henry – Klamath

 plate no. 445

A Klamath type

 plate no. 446

Fishing from canoe – Hupa

 plate no. 447

In the forest – Klamath

 plate no. 448

Klamath warrior's headdress

 plate no. 449

Hupa mother and child

 plate no. 450

Hupa woman

 plate no. 451

Salmon stream

 plate no. 452

Hupa fisherman

 plate no. 453

Spearing salmon

 plate no. 454

Tolowa dancing headdress

 plate no. 455

Klamath lake marshes

 plate no. 456

Yurok drummer

 plate no. 457

Klamath hunter

 plate no. 458

Fish-weir across Trinity River – Hupa

 plate no. 459

Gathering wokas – Klamath

 plate no. 460

Woman's primitive dress – Tolowa

 plate no. 461

Wokas season – Klamath

 plate no. 462

Crater Lake

 plate no. 463

Achomawi basket-maker

 plate no. 464

Fishing platform on Trinity River – Hupa

 plate no. 465

Achomawi man

 plate no.466

Principal female shaman of the Hupa

 plate no. 467

Hupa woman in primitive costume

 plate no. 468

Smelt fisher - Trinidad Yurok

 plate no. 469

Chief – Klamath

 plate no. 470

Smoky day at the Sugar Bowl – Hupa

 plate no. 471
 

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Vol.14. The Kato. The Wailaki. The Yuki. The Pomo. The Wintun. The Maidu. The Miwok. The Yokuts.

 
 
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Vol.15. Southern California Shoshoneans. The Diegueños. Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo.

 

The North American Indian

ii
  

Contents of Volume Fifteen

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indians Terms

vi
  

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Introduction

xi

Southern California Shoshoneans

1
The Luisenos
5
The Cahuilla
21

The Dieguenos

37

Plateau Shoshoneans

53
The Mono
55
The Paviotso
66

The Washo

87

Mythology

99
Taqish
101
Suskia, the Giantess
103
Temet'awi', the Magic Hunter
105
The Creation
106
The Creation
110
The Creation
121
The Origin of People
128
Origin Myth
129
Origin Myth
134
Hainanu, the Transformer
135
Tavuu, the Transformer
143
Origin of the Belt of Orion
147
Origin of Pine-nuts and Death
148
Origin Myth
149
The Monster Bird
150
How the Animals Were Named
151
Tamalili and Goji
151
The Women Who Married Stars
154

Appendix

157
Tribal Summary
159
Vocabularies
173

Index

193
 
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Vol.16. The Tiwa. The Keres.

 
 
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Vol.17. The Tewa. The Zuñi.

 
 
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Vol.18. The Chipewyan. The Western Woods Cree. The Sarsi.

 

The North American Indian

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Contents of Volume Eighteen

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Alphabet Used in Recording Indians Terms

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Introduction

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The Chipewyan

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The Western Woods Cree

53

The Sarsi

89

Mythology

123
Be-tsune-yenehlshai, His Grandmother She-reared-him
125
Bozeli-aze, Powerless Small
126
Tseqi Tsatsane Hehohl'ai, Woman Copper She-found
127
The First Beavers
128
Dza-ghal-iaze, Lower-leg Trembles Little
128
Da-tsa-thi, Beak Excrement [Raven] Head
129
Niyanimis Overcomes Cold
129
Origin of the Sun Dance
131
Some Adventures of Wisakechahk, The Trickster
132
Isqeu Ka-napeu Isihut, Woman Like-man Dressed
133
The Chief's Son Who Wanted an Otter-skin
134
Missu-ghunnisagha, His-grandmother Reared-him
136
The Girl Who Married a Star
140
The Creation
141
Sarsi Migration Myth
141
His Brother Chopped the Tree Down with Him in the Water
141
Natuusughu-sitinne, Snake Sleeping
143

Appendix

145
Tribal Summary
147

Vocabularies

199
Chipewyan
201
Cree
205
Sarsi
210
Northern Assiniboin
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Index

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Vol.19. The Indians of Oklahoma. The Wichita. The Southern Cheyenne. The Oto. The Comanche. The Peyote Cult.

 
 
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Vol.20. The Alaskan Eskimo. The Nunivak. The Eskimo of Hooper Bay. The Eskimo of King Island. The Eskimo of Little Diomede Island. The Eskimo of Cape Prince of Wales. The Kotzebue Eskimo. The Noatak. The Kobuk. The Selawik.

 
 
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