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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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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
 
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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.

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

 
  

Vol. 3 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
The Sioux
Frontispiece
Calico - Ogalala
2
In the Shadow of the Cliff
4
In Camp
6
When Winter Comes
8
Shield - Ogalala
10
Start of a War-party
12
Stands First - Ogalala
14
Good Lance - Ogalala
16
Mother and Child
18
Daughters of a Chief
20
Tipi Construction (A)
22
Tipi Construction (B)
24
Pipe-bags
26
Sioux Maiden
28
Scalp-shirts
30
Iron Plume - Ogalala
32
Short Log - Two Kettle
34
Brule Warriors
36
Struck By Crow - Ogalala
38
Sioux Hunters
40
Scouts
42
Custer Battle-field - Map
44
Custer's Crow Scouts
46
White Man Runs Him
48
Custer Monument
50
White Man Runs Him
52
Red Cloud's Granddaughter
54
Elk Head, and the Sacred Pipe Bundle
56
The Camp
58
Daughter of American Horse
60
Ogalala Child
62
Big Road's Twin Daughters
64
In the Mountains
66
Fasting
68
Slow Bull's Tipi
70
A Prairie Camp
72
Huka-lowapi - Fire-carrier Bringing the Skull
74
Huka-lowapi - " Work-do removes the covering"
76
Huka-lowapi- Painting the Skull
78
Huka-lowapi - The Altar Complete
80
Singing Deeds of Valor
82
Crow Dog - Brule
84
Slow Bull's Wife
86
After the Snow
88
No Flesh - Ogalala
90
The Parley
92
Blue Horse - Ogalala
94
Drying Meat
96
Returned Scout - Ogalala
98
Good Day Woman - Ogalala
100
He Crow - Ogalala
102
Making Camp
104
Kills In Timber - Ogalala
106
Standing Bear - Ogalala
108
Little Hawk - Brule
110
Ring Thunder - Brule
112
Elk Boy - Ogalala
114
Spotted Elk - Brule
116
His Fights - Ogalala
118
A River Camp - Yanktonai
120
Gray Bear - Yanktonai
122
Yellow Horse - Yanktonai
124
Camp Life - Assiniboin
126
An Assiniboin Lodge
128
Long Fox - Assiniboin
130
Good Voice Hawk - Yanktonai
132
Flying Shield - Yanktonai
134
Winter-count - First Period
158
Winter-count- 1540
160
Winter-count - 1680
162
Winter-count - 1701-1727
164
Charge Crow - Yanktonai
180
Eagle Elk - Ogalala
182
Fast Thunder - Ogalala
184
Little Dog - Brule
186
Red Hawk - Ogalala
188
Yellow Hawk - Yanktonai
188
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Three

 

Medicine-man

 plate no. 76

Ogalala war-party

 plate no. 77

Two Strike

 plate no. 78

Sioux chiefs

 plate no. 79

Oasis in the Bad Lands

 plate no. 80

Jack Red Cloud

 plate no. 81

Hollow Horn Bear

 plate no. 82

Sun dancer

 plate no. 83

Slow Bull - Ogalala

 plate no. 84

Brule war-party

 plate no. 85

Gray day in the Bad Lands

 plate no. 86

High Hawk

 plate no. 87

Prairie chief

 plate no. 88

Little Hawk

 plate no. 89

Hukalowapi ceremony

 plate no. 90

Prayer to the Mystery

 plate no. 91

Fast Elk

 plate no. 92

Sioux camp

 plate no. 93

Ogalala woman

 plate no. 94

In the land of the Sioux

 plate no. 95

Ogalala girls

 plate no. 96

Sioux girl

 plate no. 97

Planning a raid

 plate no. 98

Morning attack

 plate no. 99

Heavy load - Sioux

 plate no. 100

Black Eagle - Assiniboin

 plate no. 101

Mosquito Hawk - Assiniboin

 plate no. 102

Red Cloud - Ogalala

 plate no. 103

Crazy Thunder - Ogalala

 plate no. 104

Wood gatherer - Sioux

 plate no. 105

Winter camp - Sioux

 plate no. 106

Assiniboin camp

 plate no. 107

American Horse - Ogalala

 plate no. 108

Invocation - Sioux

 plate no. 109

Mountain-sheep hunter - Sioux

 plate no. 110

In the Bad Lands

 plate no. 119
 

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

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

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Contents of Volume Four

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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Introduction

xi

The Apsaroke, or Crows

1
General Characteristics
3
Tribal Organization
8
Arts
20
Social Customs - Daily Life
23
Historical Sketch
38
Religion and Ceremonies
52
War and the Chase
83
Myth and Legend
116

The Hidatsa

127
Tradition, Habitat, and Customs
129
Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies
143
Myth and Legend
162

Appendix

173
Tribal Summary
175
Hidatsa Songs
186
Apsaroke and Hidatsa Comparative Vocabulary
189
Biographical Sketches
197

Index

213

Vol. 4 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
The Oath
Frontispiece
Hide Stretching - Apsaroke
4
Hide Scraping - Apsaroke
6
Pack-horse - Apsaroke
8
Hunts To Die - Apsaroke
10
Fog In The Morning - Apsaroke
An Apsaroke Lodge
18
Apsaroke Horse Trappings
20
Apsaroke Woman
22
Apsaroke Mother
24
A Young Horsewoman
26
Playmates - Apsaroke
28
Bird On The Ground
32
Does Everything - Apsaroke
34
A Burial Platform - Apsaroke
36
Scaffold Burial - Apsaroke
38
The Winter Camp - Apsaroke
40
In The Cañon - Apsaroke
42
Apsaroke Youths
44
A Baby Apsaroke
46
Sisters - Apsaroke
Medicine Tripod - Apsaroke
52
Sweat-lodge - Apsaroke
54
Medicine Lodge - Apsaroke
56
Hunts The Enemy - Apsaroke
58
Tobacco Ceremonial Lodge - Apsaroke
64
Tobacco Ceremony - Apsaroke
66
Apsaroke Maiden
68
Flathead Woman - Apsaroke
70
The Eagle Medicine-man - Apsaroke
74
The Sun Dancer - Apsaroke
76
"For strength and visions"
78
The Sun Dance Votary - Apsaroke
80
On Top - Apsaroke
84
The Scout - Apsaroke
86
Old Dog - Apsaroke
88
Big Ox - Apsaroke
90
The Lookout - Apsaroke
94
Apsaroke Camp
96
Hairy Moccasins - Apsaroke
98
Goes Ahead - Apsaroke
100
Moving - Apsaroke
102
Bull Goes Hunting - Apsaroke
104
Approaching Winter - Apsaroke
106
Spotted Jack-rabbit - Apsaroke
108
The Parade - Apsaroke
104
Winter Hunters - Apsaroke
106
A Winter Day - Apsaroke
116
"The chief had a beautiful daughter"
118
Two Leggings Lodge - Apsaroke
120
Site of Abandoned Hidatsa Village
130
Sitting Owl - Hisatsa
132
Lean Wolf - Hidsatsa
134
The Eagle-catcher
136
Hidatsa Man
138
Hidatsa Bull-boat
140
Hidatsa Mother
142
White Duck - Hidatsa
144
Hidatsa Woman
148
Incense over a Medicine Bundle-Hidatsa
150
Long-time Dog - Hidatsa
152
"He perceived an earthen vessel"
156
Rabbit-head - Hidatsa
158
Holds the Eagle - Hidatsa
160
"Crying to the spirits"
166
In the Forest
166
Mother and Child - Apsaroke
178
The Mythic Stone - Hidatsa
184
Home of the Water-monster
186
The Mythic Tree
188
Bull Tongue - Apsaroke
198
Skins Wolf - Apsaroke
206
Young Hairy Wolf - Apsaroke
208
Good Bear - Hidatsa
210
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Four

 

Two Whistles - Apsaroke

 plate no. 111

Apsaroke war-chief

 plate no. 112

Two Leggings - Apsaroke

 plate no. 113

On the Little Bighorn - Apsaroke

 plate no. 114

White Man Runs Him - Apsaroke

 plate no. 115

Watching for the signal - Apsaroke

 plate no. 116

Medicine Crow - Apsaroke

 plate no. 117

Hoop On The Forehead - Apsaroke

 plate no. 118

Red Wing - Apsaroke

 plate no. 120

Bread - Apsaroke

 plate no. 121

Spirit of the past - Apsaroke

 plate no. 122

Wolf Lies Down - Apsaroke

 plate no. 123

Plenty Coups - Apsaroke

 plate no. 124

Ready for the charge - Apsaroke

 plate no. 125

Going to camp - Apsaroke

 plate no. 126

Winter - Apsaroke

 plate no. 127

Bull Chief - Apsaroke

 plate no. 128

For a winter campaign - Apsaroke

 plate no. 129

Autumn - Apsaroke

 plate no. 130

Scout in winter - Apsaroke

 plate no. 131

Passing the cliff - Apsaroke

 plate no. 132

Shot In The Hand - Apsaroke

 plate no. 133

Swallow Bird - Apsaroke

 plate no. 134

Fish Shows - Apsaroke

 plate no. 135

In Black Cañon - Apsaroke

 plate no. 136

Chief and his staff - Apsaroke

 plate no. 137

Successful raid for the horses - Apsaroke

 plate no. 138

Upshaw - Apsaroke

 plate no. 139

Mountain fastness - Apsaroke

 plate no. 140

Apsaroke medicine tipi

 plate no. 141

Wolf - Apsaroke

 plate no. 142

Lone Tree - Apsaroke

 plate no. 143

Coups Well-Known - Apsaroke

 plate no. 144

Wet - Apsaroke

 plate no. 145

Sitting Elk - Apsaroke

 plate no. 146

Apsaroke war group

 plate no. 147

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

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

 
 
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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.

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

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

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Contents of Volume Nine

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Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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In Memory of J. Pierpont Morgan

Introduction

xi

Salishan Tribes of the Coast

1
Cowlitz
5
Upper Chehalis
6
Shoalwater Bay
6
Lower Chehalis
8
Quinault
9
Twana
11
Puget Sound Tribes
14
Clallam
19
Sooke, Songish, Sanetch
25
Samish, Lummi, Semiahmoo
25
Nooksack
30
Squamish
31
Seechelt, Comox
31
Cowichan
32
Culture of the Coast Salish
41
Mythology
117

The Chimakum And The Quilliute

139

The Willapa

151

Appendix

155
Tribal Summary
157
Additional Cowichan Songs
176
Clallam Songs
179

Vocabularies

181
Coast Salish Tribes
182
Quilliute
196
Willapa
199

Index

201
 
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Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

 
  

Vol. 10 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Tenaktak Wedding Guests
Frontispiece
Sailing - Qagyuhl
Facing page 4
Nimkish Village at Alert Bay
8
A House-front - Awaitlala
10
A "Begged-from" Cedar
12
A Fair Breeze
14
Preparing Cedar-bark - Nakoaktok
16
A Tsawatenok House-front
18
A Koskimo House
20
A Koskimo Dandy
22
Front Interior Posts of a Koskimo House
24
At Kwaustums Village
26
The Octopus Catcher - Qa'gyuhl
28
Ready for the Cast - Qa'gyuhl
30
Tenaktak Canoes
32
Tenaktak House, Harbledown Island
34
At Memkumlis
36
Kwaustums Village, Gilford Island
38
A Kwakiutl Canoe
44
The Hand-game - Qagyuhl
48
A Mamalelekala Chief's Mortuary House
52
Tsawatenok Tree Burial
54
Mamalelekala Cemetery on Village Island
56
Kekuhtlala - Koeksotenok
62
Naemahlpunkfuma - Hahuamis
66
Lagyus - Tsawatenok
70
Tlahleelis - Koprino
74
Gyalkum - Koskimo
78
Nultsi - Lekwiltok
82
Yumqas - Mamalelekala
Facing page 86
Tsawatenok Girl
90
Twin Child Healer - Koskimo (a)
92
Twin Child Healer (b)
94
Nakoaktok Warrior
98
Crossing the Strait
104
Embarking
108
Crests of a Nimkish Family
138
Tenaktak Crest Posts, Harbledown Island
140
Nakoaktok Chief and Copper
146
PaqusilaIh Emerging from the Woods - Qagyuhl
158
Kaloqutsuis - Koskimo
160
Kaloqutsuis - Qagyuhl
162
Nu'nalalahl - Qagyuhl
164
Paqusilahl - Qagyuhl
166
Hamatsa Emerging from the Woods - Koskimo
172
A Nakoaktok Mawihl
174
A Nakoaktok Mawihl
176
Nunhltsistalahl - Qagyuhl
178
Hamatsa - Qagyuhl
182
Nane - Qagyuhl
184
Tsunukwalah - Qagyuhl
186
A Hamatsa Costume - Nakoaktok
194
Grizzly-bear Dancer - Qagyuhl
202
An Incident of the Winter Dance - Nakoaktok
210
Sisiutl Dancer - Qagyuhl
212
Sisiutl - Qagyuhl
214
Nuhlimahla - Qagyuhl
216
Hamasilahl - Qagyuhl
228
Tawihyilahl - Qagyuhl
230
Qunhulahl - Qagyuhl
232
Kwahwumhl - Koskimo
234
Hami - Koskimo
236
Atlumhl - Koskimo
238
Nuhltmkilaka - Koskimo
240
A Tlu'wulahu Mask - Tsawatenok
Facing page 242
A Tlu'wulahu Costume - Qagyuhl
244
Mask of Octopus Hunter - Qagyuhl
246
Waswaslikyi - Qagyuhl
248
Thunderbirds and Whales
250
Pgwis - Qagyuhl
262
A Koeksotenok House-front
264
Komuqi - Qagyuhl
276
A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums
296
The Octopus Hunter - Qagyuhl
298
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Ten

 

Painting a hat – Nakoaktok

 plate no. 329

Carved posts at Alert Bay

 plate no. 330

Qa'hila – Koprinok

 plate no. 331

Mowakiu – Tsawatenok

 plate no. 332

Hamasaka in Tlu'wulahu costume with speaker's staff –Qagyuhl

 plate no. 333

Nakoaktok chief's daughter

 plate no. 334

Siwit – Awaitlala

 plate no. 335

Kotsuis and Hohhuq – Nakoaktok

 plate no. 336

Coming for the bride

 plate no. 337

Chief's party – Qagyuhlk

 plate no. 338

On the beach – Nakoaktokk

 plate no. 339

In Kwakiutl waters

 plate no. 340

Koskimo house-post

 plate no. 341

Gathering abalones – Nakoaktok

 plate no. 342

Kwakiutl house-frame

 plate no. 343

Wedding party – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 344

Quatsino Sound

 plate no. 345

Yakotlus - Quatsino, profile

 plate no. 346

Yakotlus – Quatsino

 plate no. 347

Group of winter dancers – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 348

Fire-drill – Koskimo

 plate no. 349

Nimkish village at Alert Bay

 plate no. 350

Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyhl, A

 plate no. 351

Rounding into port – Qagyhl

 plate no. 352

Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert

 plate no. 353

Koskimo woman

 plate no. 354

Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 355

Sailing – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 356

Wedding guests

 plate no. 357

Masked dancers – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 358

Passing a dreaded point

 plate no. 359

Inland waterway

 plate no. 360

Bridal group

 plate no. 361

Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyuhl, B

 plate no. 362

Tsulniti – Koskimo

 plate no. 363

Chief's daughter - Nakoaktok

 plate no. 364
 

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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.

 
 
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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.

 
 
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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.

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

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

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Contents of Volume Nineteen

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Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

xii

The Indians of Oklahoma

1
Historical Introduction
3
Population of the Indians of Oklahoma in 1926
32

The Wichita

33
General Description
35
Religious Beliefs
44
Witchcraft
56
Ceremonies
64
Mythology
85

The Southern Cheyenne

105
Introduction
107
Origin of the Forty-four Chief-sticks and the Election of Chiefs
110
Ceremonies
112
Band and Society Legends
Witchcraft
138
The Sweat-lodge
140
Mythology
143

The Oto

149
General Description
151
Genesis of the Clans
158
Mythology
164

The Commanche

179
General Description
181
Mythology
189

The Peyote Cult, the "Stomp" Dance, and the Forty-nine Dance

Peyote Ritual
203
Peyote Experiences
213
The "Stomp Dance and the Forty-nine Dance
214

Appendix

221
Tribal Summary
223
Vocabularies
230

Index

239

Vol. 19 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
The Washita
Frontispiece
A Wichita matron
36
Walter Ross - Wichita
38
Old grass-house - Wichita
40
Interior of Wichita grass-house
42
Wichita summer arbor
44
Ceremonial house - Wichita
46
Wichita mortar
48
Peeling pumpkins - Wichita
50
Peeled squash - Wichita
52
Braided squash - Wichita
54
The buffalo plains
60
The dance - Wichita
64
Dancers - Wichita
66
A Wichita dancer
68
Skidi and Wichita dancers
70
Modern dance costume - Pawnee
74
Woman's costume - Cheyenne
76
Cheyenne child
78
Cheyenne baby-carrier
80
Cheyenne footwear
82
Old Crow - Cheyenne
84
Wife of Old Crow - Cheyenne
86
Black Wolf - Cheyenne
88
Wife of Howling Wolf - Cheyenne
90
Red Bird - Cheyenne
92
Man On The Cloud - Cheyenne
94
Magpie - Cheyenne
96
Drying meat - Cheyenne
108
Chiefs in the sun dance parade - Cheyenne
110
Hivihhnihpoih Society, Cheyenne sun dance
112
Hefatyu Society, Cheyenne sun dance
114
Preparatory lodge, Cheyenne sun dance
116
Sun dance lodge - Cheyenne
118
Interior of sun dance lodge - Cheyenne
120
Sun dancers - Cheyenne
122
Buffalo society, animal dance - Cheyenne
124
Buffalo dancers, animal dance - Cheyenne
126
Animal dance - Cheyenne
128
Brush huts, animal dance encampment - Cheyenne
130
Brush lodge - Cheyenne
132
The clowns, animal dance - Cheyenne
134
The wolf, animal dance - Cheyenne
136
Deer society, animal dance - Cheyenne
138
Healing rite of the Deer society, animal dance - Cheyenne
140
Black Man - Arapaho
142
An Arapaho
144
Arapaho shield
146
Seeing High - Oto
152
Standing On The Earth - Oto
154
Oto puberty lodge
156
Wife of Wakonda - Oto
158
White Elk - Oto
160
A little Oto
162
Big Heart - Osage
164
Osage summer arbor
166
Frame of Osage arbor
168
A Ponca dancer
170
White Weasel - Ponca
172
The Whip - Ponca
174
First Walker - Ponca
176
Kicha - Comanche
182
Pakewa - Comanche
184
Comanche mothers
186
A little Comanche
188
Comanche footwear
190
A Comanche child
192
A Comanche girl
194
Wilbur Peebo - Comanche
196
The story-teller - Ponca
200
White Deer - Ponca
202
Oscar Makes Cry - Ponca
204
Frame of peyote sweat-lodge
206
Altar peyote with rattle - Osage
208
A Cheyenne peyote leader
210
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Nineteen

 

As it was in the old days

 plate no. 652

A Wichita

 plate no. 653

Wichita grass-house

 plate no. 654

Grass-house ceremony – Wichita

 plate no. 655

Henry – Wichita

 plate no. 656

Walter Ross – Wichita

 plate no. 657

Story of the Washita

 plate no. 658

On the Canadian River

 plate no. 659

Cheyenne sun-dance lodge

 plate no. 660

Hotamitaye Society, Cheyenne sun-dance

 plate no. 661

Water rite purification, Cheyenne animal dance

 plate no. 662

At the pool, animal dance – Cheyenne

 plate no. 663

Cheyenne chief

 plate no. 664

Lone Chief – Cheyenne

 plate no. 665

Cheyenne costume

 plate no. 666

Cheyenne maiden

 plate no. 667

Dog woman – Cheyenne

 plate no. 668

Woista - Cheyenne woman

 plate no. 669

Reuben Taylor (Istofhuts) – Cheyenne

 plate no. 670

Black Belly – Cheyenne

 plate no. 671

Old Cheyenne

 plate no. 672

Old warrior – Arapaho

 plate no. 673

Black Man – Arapaho

 plate no. 674

Standing Two – Oto

 plate no. 675

Lone Chief – Oto

 plate no. 676

Wakonda – Oto

 plate no. 677

Pipe-stem – Oto

 plate no. 678

Old Eagle – Oto

 plate no. 679

John Abbott – Osage

 plate no. 680

John Quapaw - Hunta Wakunta

 plate no. 681

Esipermi – Comanche

 plate no. 682

Lefthand – Comanche

 plate no. 683

Uwat – Comanche

 plate no. 684

A Comanche mother

 plate no. 685

A Comanche

 plate no. 686

Peyote drummer

 plate no. 687

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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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Contents of Volume Twenty

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Eskimo Terms

x
  

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xi

Introduction

xv

The Alaskan Eskimo

1
Introduction
3

The Nunivak

5
General Description
5
Social Customs
48
Warfare
54
Ceremonies
55
Mythology
74

Eskimo of Hooper Bay

97

Eskimo of King Island

99
General Description
99
Mythology
105

Eskimo of Little Diomede Island

111
General Description
111
Social Customs
119
Mythology
124

Eskimo of Cape Prince of Wales

135
General Description
135
Mythology
150

The Kotzebue Eskimo

161
General Description
161
Mythology
177

The Noatak

193
General Description
193
Mythology
197

The Kobuk

207
General Description
207
Mythology
214

The Selawik

225
General Description
225
Mythology
228

Appendix

241
General Summary
243
Appended Legends
245
Vocabularies
264

Index

279

Vol. 20 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
On Kotzebue Sound
Frontispiece
Map Showing the Dialects and Hunting Territories of the Coast Eskimo of Alaska
3
Mihkoyak, a Nunivak Village
6
Ground-plan, Roof-plan, and Section of Eskimo Men's House
8
Mihkoyak, Men's House at Winter Camp - Nunivak
12
At Nash Harbor, Nunivak
16
Baninaguh - Nunivak
20
Waterproof Parkas - Nunivak
24
Girl's Costume - Nunivak
28
Holiday Costume - Nunivak
30
Duck-skin Parkas - Nunivak
32
Fish-drying Racks - Nunivak
34
Nunivak Youth
38
Jukuk - Nunivak
42
Kaiak Frame - Nunivak
44
Kaiak on Rack - Nunivak
48
Kaiak with Seal Hunting Equipment - Nunivak
52
Ready for the Throw - Nunivak
54
A Nunivak Hunter
56
Sled - Nunivak
58
Chahali - Nunivak
60
Line Stretching Posts - Nunivak
62
Herring Racks - Nunivak
64
Kenowun - Nunivak
66
Dahchihtok - Nunivak
68
Jukuk - Nunivak
72
Dishes - Nunivak
74
Baskets - Nunivak
78
Ceremonial Mask - Nunivak
80
Maskette - Nunivak
82
The Ivory Carver - Nunivak
86
Hooper Bay Homes
88
Hooper Bay Man
90
Ukowuhhuh - Hooper Bay
92
Drying Whale Meat - Hooper Bay
94
Food Caches - Hooper Bay
96
A Grave-post - Hooper Bay
98
King Island
100
Looking to Sea - King Island
102
On the Cliff Edge - King Island
104
Housetops, King Island
106
Nuktaya, King Island
108
Drilling ivory, King Island
110
The bow-drill, King Island
112
Village at Little Diomede
114
Home structure, Diomede
116
Underground house tops with whale-rib drying rack, Diomede
118
Walrus boats, Big Diomede in distance
122
Drying walrus hide, Diomede
124
Siluk, Diomede
128
Diomede girl
132
Tahopik, Diomede
134
Home structure, Cape Prince of Wales
136
Start of whale hunt, Cape Prince of Wales
140
Umiak and crew, Cape Prince of Wales
144
Aiyak, Cape Prince of Wales
148
Koaninok, Cape Prince of Wales
152
Oksiwik, Cape Prince of Wales
158
Berry-pickers, Kotzebue
162
The beluga, Kotzebue
168
Cutting up a beluga, Kotzebue
172
Food containers, pokes, Kotzebue
178
Umiak frame, Kotzebue
182
Umiak, Kotzebue
186
The umiak, Kotzebue
190
Noatak village
194
Noatak home
196
At Noatak village
198
The seal-hunter - Noatak
200
Noatak man
202
Noatak child
204
Bark dishes, Kobuk
208
On the Selawik River
226
At Selawik
228
Kihsuk, Selawik
230
Selawik women
234
Selawik woman
236
Selawik girl
238
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Portfolio 20

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Twenty

 

Nunivak children

 plate no. 688

Reindeer – Nunivak

 plate no. 689

Boys in kaiak – Nuniva

 plate no. 690

Kenowun – Nunivak

 plate no. 691

Drummer – Nunivak

 plate no. 692

Ugiyaku – Nunivak

 plate no. 693

Woman and child – Nunivak

 plate no. 694

Ready for sealing – Nunivak

 plate no. 695

Uyowutcha – Nunivak

 plate no. 696

Ugiyaku - Nunivak

 plate no. 697

Hooper Bay Youth

 plate no. 698

Village - Hooper Bay

 plate no. 699

King Island village from the sea

 plate no. 700

King Island village

 plate no. 701

King Island homes

 plate no. 702

Qunaninru - King Island

 plate no. 703

Launching the boat - Little Diomede Island

 plate no. 704

Diomede boat crew, Asiatic shore in distance

 plate no. 705

Old stone house - Diomede Island

 plate no. 706

Launching the whale boat - Cape Prince of Wales

 plate no. 707

Cape Prince of Wales man

 plate no. 708

Whaling crew - Cape Prince of Wales

 plate no. 709

A Kotzebue man

 plate no. 710

Foggy day – Kotzebue

 plate no. 711

Starting up the Noatak River – Kotzebue

 plate no. 712

Jackson, interpreter at Kotzebue

 plate no. 713

Muskrat-hunter – Kotzebue

 plate no. 714

Arriving home – Noatak

 plate no. 715

Ola - Noatak

 plate no. 716

Family group – Noatak

 plate no. 717

Noatak kayaks

 plate no. 718

Nungoktok – Noatak

 plate no. 719

Jajuk – Selawik

 plate no. 720

Charlie Wood – Kobuk

 plate no. 721

Kobuk costume

 plate no. 722

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