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.

Vol. 2 Illustrations
	Facing Page
Yuma girl	Frontispiece
Author's camp, Walapai-land	x
Palo verde	xii
Pima-land	2
Gathering cactus fruit - Pima	4
A Pima home	6
Antonio Azul -Pima	8
Pima burial grounds	10
Pima granaries	12
Ceremonial Ki - Pima	14
Gathering arrow-brush - Pima	16
Joseph Head - Pima	18
Isevik-Pima	20
Casa grande ruin	22
Casa grande ruin	24
Papago kitchen	26
Mission San Xavier del Bac	28
Hokak - Papago	30
Kiho carrier - Qahatka	32
Papago burial	34
Papago matron	36
The Papago potter	38
Papago primitive home	38a
Hasen harvest - Qahtlka	40
Qahatlka village scene	42
Qahatika man	44
Qahatlka home	44a
Mohave child	46
The Mohave	48
Primitive Mohave	50
Sholya - Mohave girl	52
Stone maze	54
Mohave still life	56
Mohave potter	58
Primitive transportation - Mohave	60
Chacha - Mohave	60a
Yuma maiden	62
A Yuma house	64
A Yuma type	66
Hapchach - Yuma	68
A Yuma home	70
A Yuma	72
Mohave home construction	74
An old Mohave	76
Hipah - Mohave	78
Mohave mother	78a
Fruit gatherer - Maricopa	80
Maricopa woman mealing	82
Hipdh - Maricopa	84
Maricopa still life	86
Harvesting cactus fruit - Maricopa	88
Havachach Weaving - Maricopa	88a
Walapai winter camp	90
Ta'thamiche - Walapai	92
Walapai hunter	94
Nerije - Walapai	94a
The canon walls - Havasupai	96
Havasupai basket maker	98
Havasupai matron	100
Havasupai cliff dwelling	102
Walathoma - Havasupai	102a
Apache-Mohave homes	104
An Apache-Mohave woman	106
Gathering Haisn - Qahtka	108
A Papago	110
Mohave man	112
Yaqui girl	114
Gathering arrow-brush - Maricopa	116
Maricopa group	118
Maricopa water girl	120
Qahatika matron	122
Stone maze	124
Stone maze	126
Tokopala - Walapai	128
Maricopa house	130

Portfolio 2

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Two
Saguaro harvest - Pima	plate no. 40
Pima baskets	plate no. 41
Kaviu - Pima	plate no. 42
Burden-bearer - Pima	plate no. 43
The Pima woman	plate no. 44
Pima ki	plate no. 45
Pima matron	plate no. 46
Chijako - Pima	plate no. 47
Papago girl	plate no. 48
Gathering hanamh - Papago	plate no. 49
Carlos Rios - Papago chief	plate no. 50
Facade - San Xavier del Bac Mission	plate no. 51
Portal - San Xavier del Bac Mission	plate no. 52
Luzi - Papago	plate no. 53
Qahatika water girl	plate no. 54
Resting in the harvest field - Qahatika	plate no. 55
Qahatika girl	plate no. 56
Mohave chief	plate no. 57
Mohave water carrier	plate no. 58
Judith - Mohave	plate no. 59
Quniaika - Mohave	plate no. 60
Mosa - Mohave	plate no. 61
Yuma	plate no. 62
Hwalya - Yuma	plate no. 63
Havachachi - Maricopa	plate no. 64
Maricopa girl	plate no. 65
Mat Stams - Maricopa	plate no. 66
Hipah with arrow-brush - Maricopa	plate no. 67
By the canal - Maricopa	plate no. 68
Saguaro fruit-gatherers - Maricopa	plate no. 69
Pakit - Maricopa	plate no. 70
Captain Charley - Maricopa	plate no. 71
Captain Charley - Maricopa	plate no. 72
Pachilawa - Walapai chief	plate no. 73
Tonovige - Havasupai	plate no. 74
Getting water - Havasupai	plate no. 75

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.

Portfolio 4

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.

Portfolio 9

Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

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.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Thirteen

Illustrations	vii
Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms	x
Introduction	xi
The Hupa	1
The Yurok	35
The Karok	55
The Wiyot	65
Tolowa and Tututni	89
The Shasta	103
The Achomawi	127
The Klamath	159
Mythology	181
The Gambler of Miskut Wins Good Luck	183
Origin of Medicine for Purifying Defiled Hunters and Weapons	184
Some Adventures of Coyote	184
Pulukuhl-qerreq, the Transformer	185
The Shinny Player of Kewet	187
Some Adventures of Coyote, the Trickster	189
Wahpeku-mau, Seducer of Women	190
Origin of the World	190
Puchur-ghurru, the Transformer	191
The First Shamans	192
How Salmon Were Brought to the Rivers	193
The First Deerskin Dance	195
The Cause of Lightning	195
The Pleiades and Their Pursuer	196
How the Bay Became Salt	196
The Man Who Became a Dog	196
The Sleepy Youth Who Was Saved by Adak-sora-hlukihl	197
Origin of Tobacco	198
The Man Who Caught the Ocean Cougars	199
Hair-seal He Played	199
Gull's Grandmother	200
The Man Who Visited the Creek Spirits	200
Lizard Boy and Grizzly-bear	201
Coyote and Raccoon	202
Beaver Overcomes Coyote	203
Coyote Destroys the Moons Who Kept the Earth Frozen	204
Destruction of the Itssuruqai Monsters	204
Horsefly Outwits Thunder	206
Why Frogs Are in the Water	206
The Creation	206
The Creation	210
Aissis	210
Why There Are No Fish in Crater Lake	212
Appendix	215
Tribal Summary	217
Vocabularies	241
Athapascan	243
Hokan	253
Algonquian	263
Lutuamian	272
Index	277

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.

Portfolio 15

Vol.16. The Tiwa. The Keres.

Portfolio 16

Vol.17. The Tewa. The Zuñi.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Seventeen

Illustrations	vii
Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms	x
Introduction	xi
The Tewa	1
San Juan	4
San Ildefonso	30
Nambe	61
Zuni	83
History	85
Arts and Industries	95
Cosmogony	104
Games	104
Organization	105
Social Customs	107
Sorcery	111
Warfare	111
Origin and Migration	113
Priesthoods and Fetishes	123
Mythology	169
Poseyemo	171
The War-gods Destroy Tsimayo	172
Antelope Races with Hawk	172
Shitsukye An Telapnawe, Shitsukye His Stories	173
A Youth Destroys Achiyalatapa	176
Tsuya, Hummingbird	179
Appendix	183
Tribal Summary	185
Additional Notes on the Hopi Snake Dance	195
Vocabularies	200
Index	211

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.

Portfolio 20

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