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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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vii

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.

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

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

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Contents of Volume Five

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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Introduction

xi

The Mandan

1
History and Customs
3
Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies
19
Mythology
39

The Arikara

57
General Description
59
Ceremonies
64
Mythology
80
Folk-tales
86

The Atsina

101
Traditions and History
103
Political and Ceremonial Organization
112
Religion
119
Myths and Tales
123

Appendix

141
Tribal Summary
143
Vocabularies
169
Biographical Sketches
178

Index

185
 
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Vol.6. The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho.

 
  

Vol. 6 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Red Plume - Piegan
Frontispiece
Piegan Camp
Facing page 4
Piegan Lodge
6
Mountain Chief - Piegan
8
Two Medicine River - Piegan
10
A Prairie Camp - Piegan
12
A Buffalo-fall - Piegan
14
Piegan War-bonnet and Coup-stick
16
Lodge Interior - Piegan
18
The Grizzly-bear - Piegan
20
Camp in the Foot-hills - Piegan
22
Piegan Woman
24
Overlooking the Camp - Piegan
26
A Grave-house - Piegan
28
A Piegan Home
30
Navel-amulets - Piegan
36
In the Lodge - Piegan
38
Goldenrod Meadows - Piegan
40
The Crier - Piegan
42
Return to Faster's Lodge - Piegan
44
The Pledger - Piegan
46
Return with Willows - Piegan
48
Substitute Sacred Head-dress - Piegan
50
Piegan Dancers
52
The Whistler - Piegan
54
The Sun-lodge - Piegan
56
Day-dreams - Piegan
58
Camp by a Prairie Lake - Piegan
60
Piegan Girls
62
A Child's Lodge - Piegan
Facing page 64
Buffalo-stones - Piegan
66
Medicine-bags - Piegan
68
Running Owl - Piegan
70
A Favorite Cheyenne Costume
72
Cheyenne Woman
74
Wood Gatherers - Cheyenne
76
Cheyenne Matron
78
Cheyenne Man
80
Cheyenne Female Profile
82
Cheyenne Female Type
86
Sun Dance Pledgers - Cheyenne
88
Return of Scouts - Cheyenne
90
Warrior Society Encircling Camp - Cheyenne
92
Cutting the Centre-pole - Cheyenne
94
Return with Boughs - Cheyenne
96
Boughs for the Altar - Cheyenne
98
Departure from Preparation Lodge - Cheyenne
100
Lame Deer Monuments - Cheyenne
102
Offering Pipe to the Earth - Cheyenne
104
Offering Pipe to the Skull - Cheyenne
106
Priests Passing before Pipe - Cheyenne
108
Painting the Poles - Cheyenne
110
Before the Final Journey - Cheyenne
112
Crazy Dancers - Cheyenne
114
Animal Dance - Cheyenne
116
Sweat-lodge Frame - Cheyenne
118
Devotees en Route - Cheyenne
120
Building the Sun-lodge - Cheyenne
122
Beginning of the Altar - Cheyenne
124
The Altar - Cheyenne
126
Sun Dance in Progress - Cheyenne
128
Gray Dawn - Cheyenne
130
Dancing - Cheyenne
132
Cheyenne Young Woman
134
The Ancient Arapaho
136
A Smoke - Arapaho
Facing page 138
Good Man - Arapaho
140
Arapaho Maiden
142
Arapaho Youth
144
Arapaho Camp
146
Eagle Chief - Arapaho
148
Arapaho Water Girl
150
Stone Grave - Cheyenne
156
Mother and Child - Arapaho
158
On Little Powder River - Arapaho
164
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Six

 

Piegan

 plate no. 184

Morning Eagle – Piegan

 plate no. 185

Painted lodges – Piegan

 plate no. 186

Tearing Lodge – Piegan

 plate no. 187

In a Piegan lodge

 plate no. 188

White Calf – Piegan

 plate no. 189

Two Bear Woman – Piegan

 plate no.190

Double Runner - Piegan

 plate no.191

Sun dance encampment – Piegan

 plate no.192

Travaux – Piegan

 plate no. 193

Gambler – Piegan

 plate no. 194

At the water's edge – Piegan

 plate no. 195

Yellow Kidney – Piegan

 plate no.196

Idle hour – Piegan

 plate no. 197

Grizzly-bear brave – Piegan

 plate no. 198

Medicine-pipe – Piegan

 plate no. 199

New Chest – Piegan

 plate no. 200

Crow Eagle – Piegan

 plate no. 201

Middle Calf – Piegan

 plate no. 202

Weasel Tail – Piegan

 plate no. 203

Old person – Piegan

 plate no. 204

Bringing the sweat-lodge willows – Piegan

 plate no. 205

Iron Breast – Piegan

 plate no. 206

Piegan encampment

 plate no. 207

Piegan dandy

 plate no. 208

Three chiefs – Piegan

 plate no. 209

Cheyenne type

 plate no. 210

Cheyenne profile

 plate no. 211

Cheyenne girl

 plate no. 212

Two Moons – Cheyenne

 plate no. 213

At the ford – Cheyenne

 plate no. 214

Camp in the cottonwoods – Cheyenne

 plate no. 215

Porcupine – Cheyenne>

 plate no. 216

Camp in the cottonwoods - Cheyenne

 plate no. 217

Waiting in the forest - Cheyenne

 plate no. 218

Little Wolf – Cheyenne

 plate no. 219
 

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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.

 
  

Vol. 9 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
In the Forest - Quinault
Frontispiece
Shores of Puget Sound
Facing page 4
Shores of Shoalwater Bay
6
On Shoalwater Bay
8
The Mouth of Quinault River
10
On Skokomish River
12
Cowichan Warrior
14
Quinault War Canoes
16
Shoalwater Bay Type
18
Shoalwater Bay Profile
20
Lahkeudup - Skokomish
22
Kalasetsah - Skokomish
24
Bahlkabuh - Skokomish
26
Yalqablu - Skokomish
28
Family Party - Puget Sound
30
Cowichan River
32
Qamutsun Village - Cowichan
34
Henipsum Village - Cowichan
36
Cowichan Woman
38
Primitive Dress - Quinault
40
Shell Ornaments - Quinault
42
Cowichan Houseframe
44
Cowichan Housefront
46
Puget Sound Camp
48
Settling the Net - Quinault
50
Lifting the Net - Quinault
52
Going for Clams - Quinault
54
Digging Clams - Puget Sound
56
Digging Skunk-cabbage Roots
58
Canoe Finishing - Quinault
60
Skokomish Baskets
Facing page 62
Basket Maker
64
Quinault Handiwork
66
Quinault Berry Picker
68
Looking up Cowichan River
70
Goat-hair Blanket
72
Warrior's Scalp Head-dress - Cowichan
74
Warrior's Feather Head-dress - Cowichan
76
Tsatsalaltsa - Quilcene
78
Lotsubelo - Quilcene
80
Gathering Tules - Cowichan
82
Tying the Bundle - Cowichan
84
The Head-strap - Cowichan
86
Homeward Bound - Cowichan
88
Drying Tules - Cowichan
90
Quinault Female Type
92
Quinault Female Profile
94
Kaktsamah - Cowlitz
96
River Canoes - Quinault
98
Quinault Canoes
100
River "Shovelnose" Canoes - Quinault
102
Quinault Girl
104
A Quinault Type
106
Carved Figure - Cowichan
108
A Mat Shelter - Skokomish
110
Tule Gatherers - Puget Sound
112
A Cowichan Mask
114
Masked Dancer - Cowichan
116
Still Life - Puget Sound
118
Grave House - Snohomish
120
On the River - Puget Sound
122
A Primitive Camp
124
On Quinault River
126
A Skokomish Camp
128
Watching for the Salmon - Quinault
130
Quinault Houses
132
Hop Pickers - Puget Sound
Facing page 134
Chimakum Woman
136
Chimakum Female Type
138
Chimakum Female Profile
140
Silto - Quilliute
142
Silto - Quilliute
144
Quilliute Girl
146
Hoh Type
148
Hoh Profile
150
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Nine

 

Primitive Quinault

 plate no.293

Quinault female type

 plate no. 294

Quinault female profile

 plate no. 295

Mouth of Quinault River

 plate no. 296

On Quinault River

 plate no. 297

Hleastunuh – Skokomish

 plate no. 298

Tsatsalatsa – Skokomish

 plate no. 299

Chief's daughter – Skokomish

 plate no. 300

Mat house – Skokomish

 plate no. 301

Fishing camp – Skokomish

 plate no. 302

Quilcene boy

 plate no. 303

Lelehalt – Quilcene

 plate no. 304

Suquamish woman

 plate no. 305

Suquamish girl

 plate no. 306

Squaxon matron

 plate no. 307

Puget Sound type

 plate no. 308

Puget Sound baskets

 plate no. 309

Basket maker

 plate no. 310

Basket carrier

 plate no. 311

Evening on Puget Sound

 plate no. 312

Mussel gatherer

 plate no. 313

Princess Angeline

 plate no. 314

Tule gatherer – Cowichan

 plate no. 315

Sunset on Puget Sound

 plate no. 316

Clam digger

 plate no. 317

Homeward

 plate no. 318

Snoqualmu type

 plate no. 319

Lummi type

 plate no. 320

Lummi woman

 plate no. 321

Cowichan warrior

 plate no. 322

Cowichan girl

 plate no. 323

Spearing salmon – Cowichan

 plate no. 324

Cowichan canoes

 plate no. 325

Masked dancer – Cowichan

 plate no. 326

Cowichan River

 plate no. 327

Quamichan Lake

 plate no. 328
 

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Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

 
 
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Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

 

The North American Indian

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Contents of Volume Eleven

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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Introduction

xi

The Nootka

1
General Description
3
Warfare
53
Sociology
62
The Winter Ceremony
68
Mythology
94

The Haida

113
Mythology
148

Appendix

175
Tribal Summary
177

Vocabularies

195
Nootka
197
Haida
204

Index

211
 
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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.

 
  

Vol. 14 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Yokuts Baskets
Frontispiece
A Kato Woman
6
A Kato Matron
8
Tachahaqachile - Kato
10
A Wailaki Woman
14
A Wappo Matron
16
Old Woman in Mourning - Yuki
22
A Yuki Woman
26
Modern Yuki Cabin
26
Construction of a Tule Shelter - Upper Lake Pomo
28
Sherwood Valley Girl - Pomo
30
A Mixed-blood Coast Pomo
32
A Coast Pomo Man
34
On the Shores of Clear Lake
40
Koshonono - Pomo
42
An Eastern Pomo
44
A Pomo Camp
46
A Pomo Girl
48
A Coast Pomo
50
Eastern Pomo Woman
52
In the Tule Swamp - Upper Lake Pomo
56
Pomo Baskets
58
Pomo Baskets and Magnesite Beads
60
Cooking Acorns - Upper Lake Pomo
62
Tule Balsa on Clear Lake
64
Conception Rock near Ukiah - Pomo
66
Basket Used in Puberty Rites - Pomo
68
Pomo Dance Costume
70
A Summer Camp - Lake Pomo
74
On Russian River - Pomo
76
Summer Shelter - Lake Pomo
78
Coast Pomo with Feather Head-dress
80
Coast Pomo Bridal Costume
82
Gathering Tules - Lake Pomo
84
Gathering Seeds - Coast Pomo
86
Camp Under the Oaks - Lake Pomo
88
Pomo Mother and Child
90
On the Merced - Southern Miwok
92
A Southern Miwok
94>
A Southern Miwok - Profile
96
Sifting Basket - Southern Miwok
100
A Southern Miwok Youth
102
On the South Fork of Tule River
104
A Bowlder Milling-stone - Miwok
106
A Southern Miwok Woman
108
Otila - Maidu
110
A Maidu Woman
110
A Maidu Man
114
A Maidu Boy
116
Cradle-basket - Chukchansi Yokuts
118
A Chukchansi Woman
120
A Chukchansi Woman - Profile
122
A Yaudanchi Yokuts Woman
124
A Chukchansi Matron
130
A Chukchansi Yokuts Woman (a)
132
A Chukchansi Yokuts Woman (b)
134
A Chukchansi Head-man
136
A Chief - Chukchansi Yokuts
138
A Yauelmani Yokuts
140
Old Bob - Tachi Yokuts
142
A Chukchansi Yokuts
144
Jack Rowan - Chukchansi Yokuts
146
The Tule Pool - Southern Yokuts
152
A Gem of Basketry - Southern Yokuts
154
The Hunting Basket
156
The Pigeon-blind - Yokuts
158
Entrance to the Painted Cave
160
Looking out of the Painted Cave
166
Chukchansi Cradle-baskets
168
Yokuts Kitchen Utensils and Milling-stone
170
Rattlesnake Design in Yokuts Basketry
172
Animal Designs in Yokuts Basketry
174
Baskets in the Painted Cave - Yokuts
176
Among the Tules - Yokuts
178
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Fourteen

 

Mitat – Wailaki

 plate no. 472

Old "Ukiah" – Pomo

 plate no. 473

Hunter - Lake Pomo

 plate no. 474

Burden-basket – Pomo

 plate no. 475

Mixed-blood Coast Pomo

 plate no. 476

On the shores of Clear Lake

 plate no. 477

Shatila – Pomo

 plate no. 478

Summer camp - Lake Pomo

 plate no. 479

Wild grapes – Pomo

 plate no. 480

Gathering tules - Lake Pomo

 plate no. 481

Pomo girl

 plate no. 482

Coast Pomo woman

 plate no. 483

Pomo seed-gathering utensils

 plate no. 484

Pomo baskets, mortar, and pestle

 plate no. 485

Pomo baskets, mortar, and pestle

 plate no. 486

Fishing camp - Lake Pomo

 plate no. 487

Aged Pomo woman

 plate no. 488

Aged Pomo woman

 plate no. 489

Wappo

 plate no. 490

Wappo woman

 plate no. 491

Otila – Maidu

 plate no. 492

Miwok head-man

 plate no. 493

Fishing-pool - Southern Miwok

 plate no. 494

Southern Miwok

 plate no. 495

Fisherman - Southern Miwok

 plate no. 496

Chukchansi Yokuts

 plate no. 497

Chukchansi Yokuts

 plate no. 498

Art as old as the tree - southern Yokuts

 plate no. 499

Rattlesnake design in Yokuts basketry

 plate no. 500

By the pool - Tule River Reservation

 plate no. 501

Yokuts basketry designs – A

 plate no. 502

Yokuts basketry designs – B

 plate no. 503

Chukchansi Yokuts type

 plate no. 504

Chukchansi matron

 plate no. 505

Quiet waters - Tule River Reservation

 plate no. 506

Yaundanchi Yokuts woman

 plate no. 507
 

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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

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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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Alphabet Used in Recording Eskimo Terms

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Introduction

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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
Collapse the Illustrations and Portfolio of Volume 20

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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