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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume One

Alphabet Used In Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	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

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
	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

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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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Five

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
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

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.

Portfolio 9

Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

Portfolio 10

Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Eleven

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
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

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

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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

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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.

Vol. 17 Illustrations
	Facing Page
The cliff-dweller	Frontispiece
A San Juan home	4
A San Juan man	6
Tse-ka - "Douglas Spruce Leaf", cacique of San Juan	8
Good luck dance by San Juan hunters	10
Shrine of Yellow Cloud Man on Tsikumupi - Tewa	12
Winnowing wheat - San Juan	14
Firing pottery - Santa Clara	16
Santa Clara and the Rio Grande	18
A San Juan farmhouse	20
The harvest - San Juan	22
Tewa dance - costume	24
Cleaning wheat - San Juan	26
A kiva at Santa Clara	28
Puye	30
Cave-dwellings at Puye	32
Ruins on the mesa at Puye	34
Oyegi-aye - "Frost Moving", Santa Clara governor	36
Peach harvest - San Ildefonso	38
Pojoaque	40
By the old well at San Juan	42
Tewa war-god effigies	44
San Ildefonso women	46
In Santa Clara	48
Ko-pi - "Buffalo Mountain" - San Juan	50
Okuwa-tsire - "Cloud Bird" - San Ildefonso	52
Eagle dancer - San Ildefonso	54
Tablita woman dancer - San Ildefonso	56
Oyi-sawi - "Ice Terrace" - Santa Clara	58
Tablita dance - San Ildefonso - A	60
Tablita dance - San Ildefonso - B	62
Tablita dance - San Ildefonso - C	64
Tablita dancers returning to the kiva - San Ildefonso	66
Tablita dancers at the kiva - San Ildefonso	68
Tablita dancers - San Ildefonso	70
A kiva at Nambe	72
Yan-tse - "Willow Yellow" - Nambe	74
Pose-aye - "Dew Moving", profile - Nambe	76
Pose-aye - "Dew Moving" - Nambe	78
Fo-e - "Snow Child" - Santa Clara	80
Zuñi	84
Corn Mountain	86
Onate's inscription	88
Monastery and church at Hawikuh	90
Hawikuh - A	92
Hawikuh - B	94
A Zuñi house shrine	96
Zuñi village at Ojo Caliente	98
Zuñi gardens	100
Zuñi pottery	102
A Zuñi doorway	104
Boy and girl columns at Corn Mountain - Zuñi	106
Ruins on Corn Mountain - Zuñi	108
Zuñi water carriers	110
Shiwawatiwa - Zuñi	112
Zuñi ornaments	114
Siyotiwa, Zuñi kyaqimassi	116
A Zuñi girl	118
Laitsanyasitsa - Zuñi	120
A Zuñi man	122
A Zuñi governor	124
Kuse-pi - "Rock-purple Mountain" - San Juan	126
A San Juan matron	128
Yan-tsire - "Willow Bird" - San Ildefonso	130
Povi-yemo - "Flower Falling" - San Ildefonso	132
Agoyo-aye - "Star Moving" - San Ildefonso	134
A Nambe girl	136
Kwaa-Povi - "Bead Flower" - Nambe	138
Mowa - "Shining Light" - Nambe	140
A Santa Clara man	142
Agoyo-tsa - "Star White" - Santa Clara	144
Tambe - "Drum" - Santa Clara	146
A Tesuque ancient	148
Shrine and effigies of the elder war-god on Corn Mountain - Zuñi	150

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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Seventeen
Sentinel - San Ildefonso	plate no. 580
Povi-Tamu ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso	plate no. 581
Okuwa-tse ("Cloud Yellow") - San Ildefonso	plate no. 582
On the Rio Grande - San Ildefonso	plate no. 583
Kiva stairs, San Ildefonso	plate no. 584
Fruit gatherer - San Ildefonso	plate no. 585
Offering - San Ildefonso	plate no. 586
San Ildefonso pottery	plate no. 587
Tablita dancers and singers - San Ildefonso	plate no. 588
In San Ildefonso	plate no. 589
Girl and jar - San Ildefonso	plate no. 590
In the gray morning - San Ildefonso	plate no. 591
Offering to the sun - San Ildefonso	plate no. 592
From the threshing floor - San Juan	plate no. 593
Washing wheat - San Juan	plate no. 594
Street scene at San Juan	plate no. 595
Ambrosio Martinez - San Juan	plate no. 596
San Juan pottery	plate no. 597
Gossiping - San Juan	plate no. 598
Offering at the waterfall – Nambe	plate no. 599
Tesuque buffalo dancers	plate no. 600
Oyi (Duck White), summer cacique of Santa Clara	plate no. 601
Potter - Santa Clara	plate no. 602
Pottery burners at Santa Clara	plate no. 603
Inscription rock	plate no. 604
Zuni street scene	plate no. 605
Grinding medicine – Zuni	plate no. 606
Zuni governor	plate no. 607
Load of fuel – Zuni	plate no. 608
Terraced houses of Zuni	plate no. 609
Zuni girls at the river	plate no. 610
Lutakawi, Zuni Governor	plate no. 611
Waihusiwa, a Zuni kyaqimassi	plate no. 612
Zuni girl	plate no. 613
Zuni woman	plate no. 614
Corner of Zuni	plate no. 615

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.

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

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.

Contents of Volume Twenty

Alphabet Used in Recording Eskimo Terms

Illustrations	xi
Introduction	xv
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

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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