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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Four

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
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

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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.

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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

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

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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

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Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

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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.

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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

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Vol.16. The Tiwa. The Keres.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Sixteen

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

viii

Illustrations	ix
Introduction	xiii
The Tiwa	1
Isleta	3
Taos	27
The Keres	63
Cochiti	65
Santo Domingo	122
Acoma	169
Laguna	240
Appendix	249
Ancient Jemez Villages	251
Jemez Names for Indian Tribes	252
Cochiti Names for Indian Tribes	252
Taos Names of the Moons	252
Laguna Names of the Moons	253
Isleta Names for Indian Tribes	253
Isleta Relationship Terms	253
Taos Relationship Terms	254
Cochiti Relationship Terms	255
Laguna Relationship Terms	256
Laguna Villages	258
Laguna Names for Indian Tribes	258
Pueblo Population	259
native Names of Pueblos	260
Vocabularies	266
Index	283

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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

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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.

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

Vol. 1 Illustrations

Portfolio 1

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume One

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.