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.

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

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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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.

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

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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

Contents of Volume Nineteen

Illustrations	ix
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

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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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