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

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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.

Portfolio 2

Vol.3. The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin.

Portfolio 3

Vol.4. The Apsaroke, or Crows. The Hidatsa.

Portfolio 4

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

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

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Six

Alphabet Used In Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Piegan	1
General Description	3
Religion and Ceremonies	31
The Cheyenne	85
Historical Sketch	87
Tribal Organization	103
The Arapaho	135
Appendix	151
Tribal Summary	153
Arapaho Songs	160
Note on the Indian Music	165
Western Algonquian Comparative Vocabulary	167
Index	175

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

Vol. 15 Illustrations
	Facing Page
Andres Canon - Cahuilla	Frontispiece
Moriar Pits - Cupeno	6
Sandstone Vessels from Santa Catalina Island	8
Streatite vessels from Santa Catalina Island	10
Basketry of the Mission Indians (a)	12
Basketry of the Mission Indians	14
Southern Shoshonean	16
A Cupeno Woman	18
A Cupeno Female Type	20
Site of Prehistoric Village - Cahuilla	22
Ancient Shore of Salton Sea	24
Remains of ancient fish-pounds - A	26
Fiesta camp - Cahuilla	28
A Cahuilla child	30
Remains of ancient fish-pounds - B	32
A desert Cahuilla woman	34
Desert Cahuilla home	36
Modern rancheria at Santa Ysabel - Diegueño	38
A Santa Ysabel woman - Diegueño	40
A southern Digueño woman	42
Monkey Face - Mesa Grande Digueño	44
A northern Digueño type	46
A Campo female type - Diegueño	48
Communal ceremonial shelter at Capitan Grande - Diegueño	50
Summer shelter at Campo - Diegueño	52
An Owens Valley Mono	54
A Mono type	56
Mono house near Independence	58
A Lake Mono basket-maker	60
Mono basketry	62
Mono summer shelter	64
Mono summer kitchen	66
Pavaish - Pyramid Lake Paviotso	68
The ancient shore of Walker Lake	70
Western shore of Walker Lake	72
Paviotso basketry	74
Modern Paviotso beadwork	76
Paviotso house at Walker Lake	78
Paviotso woman of Pyramid Lake	80
Su-donii - "Osier-willow blossom" - Pyramid Lake Paviotso	82
Volcanic mud formation at Pyramid Lake	84
Bob Lowry - Pyramid Lake Paviotso	86
Phallic rock painting at Walker Lake	88
Washo house	92
Washo cradle-baskets	94
A Washo gem	96
Captain Pete, Namina - Washo	98
Scraping a deerskin - Washo	100
Primitive Chemehuevi dwelling	104
Chemehuevi house on Colorado River	106
Chemehuevi granary	108
Chemehuevi basketry and pottery	110
Cahuilla house in the desert	112
Modern houses at Palm Springs - Cahuilla	114
The harvester - Cahuilla	116
Palm fruit	118
Under the palms - Cahuilla	120
A desert Cahuilla female type	122
Marcos - Palm Canon Cahuilla	124
A man of Palm Springs - Cahuilla	126
A woman of Palm Springs - Cahuilla	128
Modernized house at Capitan Grande - Digueño	130
Modern house at Mesa Grande - Digueño	132
A Capitan Grande man - Digueño	134
A Capitan Grande woman - Digueño	136
A Mesa Grande man - Digueño	138
A Santa Ysabel man - Digueño	140
A young woman of Campo - Digueño	142
Paviotso female type	144
Pahu-Kumaa - "Sunflower Edge" - Walker Lake Paviotso	146
A Paviotso woman of Walker Lake	148
A Pyramid Lake matron - Paviotso	150
Washo burden-basket and trinket-basket	152
Washo basketry designs	154
A Washo woman	156

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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Fifteen
Before the white man came - Palm Cañon	plate no. 508
Basketry of the Mission Indians	plate no. 509
Cupeño woman	plate no. 510
Modern Cupeño house	plate no. 511
Serrano woman of Tejon	plate no. 512
Tejon Serrano	plate no. 513
Modern house at Tejon	plate no. 514
Chemehuevi house	plate no. 515
Home in the Mesquite – Chemehuevi	plate no. 516
Marcos - Palm Cañon Cahuillavi	plate no. 517
Home in the Mesquite – Chemehuevi	plate no. 518
Numero - Desert Cahuilla	plate no. 519
Cahuilla house in the deserti	plate no. 520
Under the palms – Cahuillai	plate no. 521
Desert Cahuilla womani	plate no. 522
Andres canoni	plate no. 523
Diegueño homei	plate no. 524
Diegueño house at Campo	plate no. 525
Diegueño of Capitan Grande	plate no. 526
Diegueño woman of Santa Ysabel	plate no. 527
Southern Diegueño house	plate no. 528
Southern Diegueño	plate no. 529
Diegueño woman of Campo	plate no. 530
Degueño house at Santa Ysabel	plate no. 531
Diegueño of Santa Ysabel	plate no. 532
Mono home	plate no. 533
Shores of Walker Lake	plate no. 534
Pyramid Lake Paviotso	plate no. 535
Primitive artist – Paviotso	plate no. 536
Aged Paviotso of Pyramid Lake	plate no. 537
Fishing with a gaff-hook – Paviotso	plate no. 538
Walker Lake Paviotso	plate no. 539
Datsolali, Washo basket-maker	plate no. 540
Washo baskets	plate no. 541
Modern designs in Washo basketry	plate no. 542
Washo woman	plate no. 543

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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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.

Portfolio 2

Vol.3. The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin.

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.

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.

Vol. 15 Illustrations