Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian

CONTENTS

Volume: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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

Portfolio 1

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

Contents of Volume Two

Alphabet used in recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	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

Portfolio 2

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

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Three

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
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

Portfolio 3

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

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

Portfolio 4

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

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

Portfolio 5

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

Portfolio 6

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

Portfolio 7

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

Portfolio 8

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

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Nine

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
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

Portfolio 9

Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Ten

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Kwakiutl	1
General Description	3
Sorcerers, Medicine-men, and Herb-doctors	63
Warriors and Warfare	98
Social Organization	124
Ceremonial Organization and Rites	155
Mythology	245
Appendix	301
Tribal Summary	303
Kwakiutl Songs	311
Vocabularies	327
Index	339

Portfolio 10

Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

Portfolio 11

Vol.12. The Hopi.

Portfolio 12

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

Portfolio 13

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

Portfolio 14

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

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Fifteen

Alphabet Used in Recording Indians Terms

Illustrations	vii
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

Vol. 15 Illustrations
	Facing Page
Andres Canon - Cahuilla	Frontispiece
Moriar Pits - Cupeno	6
Sandstone Vessels from Santa Catalina Island	8
Streatite vessels from Santa Catalina Island	10
Basketry of the Mission Indians (a)	12
Basketry of the Mission Indians	14
Southern Shoshonean	16
A Cupeno Woman	18
A Cupeno Female Type	20
Site of Prehistoric Village - Cahuilla	22
Ancient Shore of Salton Sea	24
Remains of ancient fish-pounds - A	26
Fiesta camp - Cahuilla	28
A Cahuilla child	30
Remains of ancient fish-pounds - B	32
A desert Cahuilla woman	34
Desert Cahuilla home	36
Modern rancheria at Santa Ysabel - Diegueño	38
A Santa Ysabel woman - Diegueño	40
A southern Digueño woman	42
Monkey Face - Mesa Grande Digueño	44
A northern Digueño type	46
A Campo female type - Diegueño	48
Communal ceremonial shelter at Capitan Grande - Diegueño	50
Summer shelter at Campo - Diegueño	52
An Owens Valley Mono	54
A Mono type	56
Mono house near Independence	58
A Lake Mono basket-maker	60
Mono basketry	62
Mono summer shelter	64
Mono summer kitchen	66
Pavaish - Pyramid Lake Paviotso	68
The ancient shore of Walker Lake	70
Western shore of Walker Lake	72
Paviotso basketry	74
Modern Paviotso beadwork	76
Paviotso house at Walker Lake	78
Paviotso woman of Pyramid Lake	80
Su-donii - "Osier-willow blossom" - Pyramid Lake Paviotso	82
Volcanic mud formation at Pyramid Lake	84
Bob Lowry - Pyramid Lake Paviotso	86
Phallic rock painting at Walker Lake	88
Washo house	92
Washo cradle-baskets	94
A Washo gem	96
Captain Pete, Namina - Washo	98
Scraping a deerskin - Washo	100
Primitive Chemehuevi dwelling	104
Chemehuevi house on Colorado River	106
Chemehuevi granary	108
Chemehuevi basketry and pottery	110
Cahuilla house in the desert	112
Modern houses at Palm Springs - Cahuilla	114
The harvester - Cahuilla	116
Palm fruit	118
Under the palms - Cahuilla	120
A desert Cahuilla female type	122
Marcos - Palm Canon Cahuilla	124
A man of Palm Springs - Cahuilla	126
A woman of Palm Springs - Cahuilla	128
Modernized house at Capitan Grande - Digueño	130
Modern house at Mesa Grande - Digueño	132
A Capitan Grande man - Digueño	134
A Capitan Grande woman - Digueño	136
A Mesa Grande man - Digueño	138
A Santa Ysabel man - Digueño	140
A young woman of Campo - Digueño	142
Paviotso female type	144
Pahu-Kumaa - "Sunflower Edge" - Walker Lake Paviotso	146
A Paviotso woman of Walker Lake	148
A Pyramid Lake matron - Paviotso	150
Washo burden-basket and trinket-basket	152
Washo basketry designs	154
A Washo woman	156

Portfolio 15

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Fifteen
Before the white man came - Palm Cañon	plate no. 508
Basketry of the Mission Indians	plate no. 509
Cupeño woman	plate no. 510
Modern Cupeño house	plate no. 511
Serrano woman of Tejon	plate no. 512
Tejon Serrano	plate no. 513
Modern house at Tejon	plate no. 514
Chemehuevi house	plate no. 515
Home in the Mesquite – Chemehuevi	plate no. 516
Marcos - Palm Cañon Cahuillavi	plate no. 517
Home in the Mesquite – Chemehuevi	plate no. 518
Numero - Desert Cahuilla	plate no. 519
Cahuilla house in the deserti	plate no. 520
Under the palms – Cahuillai	plate no. 521
Desert Cahuilla womani	plate no. 522
Andres canoni	plate no. 523
Diegueño homei	plate no. 524
Diegueño house at Campo	plate no. 525
Diegueño of Capitan Grande	plate no. 526
Diegueño woman of Santa Ysabel	plate no. 527
Southern Diegueño house	plate no. 528
Southern Diegueño	plate no. 529
Diegueño woman of Campo	plate no. 530
Degueño house at Santa Ysabel	plate no. 531
Diegueño of Santa Ysabel	plate no. 532
Mono home	plate no. 533
Shores of Walker Lake	plate no. 534
Pyramid Lake Paviotso	plate no. 535
Primitive artist – Paviotso	plate no. 536
Aged Paviotso of Pyramid Lake	plate no. 537
Fishing with a gaff-hook – Paviotso	plate no. 538
Walker Lake Paviotso	plate no. 539
Datsolali, Washo basket-maker	plate no. 540
Washo baskets	plate no. 541
Modern designs in Washo basketry	plate no. 542
Washo woman	plate no. 543

Vol.16. The Tiwa. The Keres.

Vol. 16 Illustrations
	Facing Page
A narrow street - Laguna	Frontispiece
Francisca Chiwiwi - Isleta	4
Cave dwelling near Jemez	6
A street in Jemez	8
An Isleta boy	10
An Isleta woman	14
An Isleta girl	16
An Isleta potter	18
Felicia - Isleta	20
Isleta kiva	22
Tsola - "Chipmunk", Jemez governor	24
A Jemez fiscal	26
A corner of Taos and a kiva entrance	28
Pecos in ruins	30
Old house and kiva at Picuris	32
Jemez houses	34
In the forest - Taos	40
Threshing wheat - Taos	42
Tapa - "Antelope Water" - Taos	44
Walvia - "Medicine Root" - Taos	46
Picuris harvest dance	50
Iahla - "Willow" - Taos	52
A Taos girl	54
Pavia - Taos	56
A Taos maid	58
Santa Ana and Jemez River	66
Old Cochiti	68
Partially excavated kivi, old Cochiti	70
Ruins of the church at Gyusiwa	72
Hope - Jemez	74
Santana Quintana - Cochiti	76
Ti'mu - Cochiti	78
Tsi'yone - "Flying" - Sia	80
Tsaiyatsa - Cochiti	82
A Santa Ana man	88
Sia footgear	90
Ka'yati - Sia	94
A Sia man	96
Tsipiai - Sia	98
A Cochiti woman	100
Tyo'oni Shiwanna mask - Cochita	108
Sia war-dancer	114
A Santo Domingo man	126
Sotsona - "Fox" - Santo Domingo	128
Pishkuty - "Cornstalk" - Santo Domingo	132
Native drawings of Santo Domingo masks	152
Wall-painting for the summer Shiwanna ceremony - Santo Domingo	154
Cliff-perched Acoma	168
Crumbling walls of the old church - Acoma	170
The enchanted mesa	176
The Acoma and the enchanted mesa	178
Acoma from the churchtop	198
A morning chat - Acoma	202
Native conception of a kopishtaia with mask and tablita - Acoma	204
An Acoma man	206
Church and cemetery - Acoma	208
Among the rocks - Acoma	212
Native conception of Histiani-Kowasutyi - "Flint-wing", the Thunderbird - Acoma	214
Mission and church at Acoma	216
Fiesta of San Estevan, A - Acoma	218
Fiesta of San Estevan, B - Acoma	220
Procession of San Estevan, A - Acoma	222
Procession of San Estevan, B - Acoma	224
Depositing San Estevan in the booth - Acoma	226
Laguna cooking-pot and Acoma water-jars	228
Turivio Waconda - Paguate	230
Hiyortsa - Paguate	232
Laguna house	234
A corner of Laguna	236
Laguna architecture	238
Laguna	240
Laguna water-jar	242
Paguate watchtower	244
A second-story apartment at Paguate	248
Excavated ruins at Gyusiwa - Jemez Springs	250

Portfolio 16

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Sixteen
Taos water girls	plate no. 544
Iahla ("Willow") – Taos	plate no. 545
North pueblo at Taos	plate no. 546
Walvia ("Medicine Root") – Taos	plate no. 547
Taos woman	plate no. 548
Isleta man	plate no. 549
Francisca Chiwiwi – Isleta	plate no. 550
Jemez architecture	plate no. 551
Jemez fiscal	plate no. 552
Tuvahe – Jemez	plate no. 553
Cochiti and Sia pottery	plate no. 554
Ti'mu – Cochiti	plate no. 555
Aiyowitsa – Cochiti	plate no. 556
Lucero - Santo Domingo	plate no. 557
Kyello - Santo Domingo	plate no. 558
On a Sia housetop	plate no. 559
Sia buffalo mask	plate no. 560
Shuati – Sia	plate no. 561
Sia street scene	plate no. 562
Sia buffalo mask	plate no. 563
Acoma belfry	plate no. 564
Feast day at Acoma	plate no. 565
Acoma from the south	plate no. 566
Old trail at Acoma	plate no. 567
Acoma water carriers	plate no. 568
At the gateway – Acoma	plate no. 569
Acoma Roadway	plate no. 570
At the old well of Acoma	plate no. 571
An Acoma Woman	plate no. 572
Acoma Water Girls	plate no. 573
Paguate	plate no. 574
Laguna architecture	plate no. 575
Replastering a Paguate house	plate no. 576
Laguna watchtower	plate no. 577
Paguate entrance	plate no. 578
Paguate watchtower	plate no. 579

Vol.17. The Tewa. The Zuñi.

Portfolio 17

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

Portfolio 18

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

Portfolio 19

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

Portfolio 1

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

Portfolio 2

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

Portfolio 3

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

Vol. 4 Illustrations

Portfolio 4

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Four