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.

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.

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.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Seven

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Yakima	1
The Klickitat	35
Salishan Tribes of the Interior	41
Flatheads and Pend d'Oreilles	43
Kalispel	51
Coeur d'Alenes	53
Spokan	54
Colvilles	62
Lakes	64
Sanpoel	64
Nespilim	64
Okanagan	65
Methow	65
Sinkiuse	66
Wenatchee	69
Salishan Culture	69
Mythology	95
The Kutenai	115
General Description	117
Religious Practices	128
Mythology	146
Appendix	157
Tribal Summary	159
Vocabularies	172
Index	191

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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.

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.

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.

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

Vol. 13 Illustrations
	Facing Page
Fishing from a Platform	Frontispiece
Hupa Man	4
Hupa Woman	6
Hupa Baskets	8
Hupa Purses and Money	10
Hupa House	12
Hupa Sweat-House	14
Broken Fish-weir	16
Sticks Used in Hupa Guessing Game	18
Hupa Matron	20
Hupa Woman's Dress	22
Hupa Basket and Purses	24
Hupa Fisherman	26
Hupa Female Shaman	28
White Deerskin Dance Costume - Hupa	30
Dancer with Black Deer Effigy - Hupa	32
Obsidian-bearer, White Deerskin Dance - Hupa	34
Modern Hupa House	36
Costume of the Obsidian-bearer - Hupa	38
Dip-netting at the Sugar Bowl - Hupa	40
Watching for Salmon - Hupa	42
Hupa Canoe	44
Hupa Salmon-fishing	48
The Forest Stream	48
Hupa War-chief	50
A House at Wakhtek - Yurok	52
Yurok Houses at Weitspus	54
Entrance to a Yurok Sweat-house	56
Modern Yurok House	60
Yurok House on Klamath River	62
An Ancient Yurok	64
Bob Peters - Trinidad Yurok	68
Weitchpec George - Yurok	70
A Yurok Widow	72
A Yurok Cemetery	74
Yurok Fisherman	76
In the Shadow - Yurok	80
Fishing for Smelt in the Surf - Trinidad Yurok	80
Old Sweat-house Walls at Orleans Bar - Karok	82
Karok House at Soames Bar	84
The Mush-Basket	86
Karok Woman	92
Old Bob - Karok	94
Tolowa Man	96
On the Shores of the Pacific - Tolowa	98
Tolowa Tattooing	100
A Tolowa	102
Elk-horn Spoons - Tolowa	106
Measuring Shell Money - Tolowa	108
Tolowa Basket-maker	110
Tolowa Type	112
Achomawi Man	130
Achomawi Woman	132
Achomawi Summer Hut	136
Achomawi Mother and Child	136
An Achomawi	138
Achomawi Matron	140
Klamath Duck-hunter	142
Klamath Child	144
Thinking of the Old Days - Klamath	146
Gathering Basket Material - Klamath	148
Klamath Woman	150
A Klamath Costume	152
Among the Tules - Klamath	154
A Klamath Profile	156
Praying to the Spirits at Crater Lake - Klamath	158
Day Dreams - Crater Lake	162
A Klamath in Costume	164
Klamath Tule Hut	166
The Wokas Harvest - Klamath	168
Grinding Wokas - Klamath	170
Gathering Wokas	172
A Klamath Head-dress	174
Klamath Matron	176
Klamath Canoe	178

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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Thirteen
Klamath woman	plate no. 436
Sam Ewing – Yurok	plate no. 437
Karok baskets	plate no. 438
Hupa trout-trap	plate no. 439
Old Klamath woman	plate no. 440
A Klamath	plate no. 441
Hupa jumping dance costume	plate no. 442
Yurok canoe on Trinity River	plate no. 443
Yurok canoe on Trinity River	plate no. 444
Wife of Modoc Henry – Klamath	plate no. 445
A Klamath type	plate no. 446
Fishing from canoe – Hupa	plate no. 447
In the forest – Klamath	plate no. 448
Klamath warrior's headdress	plate no. 449
Hupa mother and child	plate no. 450
Hupa woman	plate no. 451
Salmon stream	plate no. 452
Hupa fisherman	plate no. 453
Spearing salmon	plate no. 454
Tolowa dancing headdress	plate no. 455
Klamath lake marshes	plate no. 456
Yurok drummer	plate no. 457
Klamath hunter	plate no. 458
Fish-weir across Trinity River – Hupa	plate no. 459
Gathering wokas – Klamath	plate no. 460
Woman's primitive dress – Tolowa	plate no. 461
Wokas season – Klamath	plate no. 462
Crater Lake	plate no. 463
Achomawi basket-maker	plate no. 464
Fishing platform on Trinity River – Hupa	plate no. 465
Achomawi man	plate no.466
Principal female shaman of the Hupa	plate no. 467
Hupa woman in primitive costume	plate no. 468
Smelt fisher - Trinidad Yurok	plate no. 469
Chief – Klamath	plate no. 470
Smoky day at the Sugar Bowl – Hupa	plate no. 471

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.

Portfolio 15

Vol.16. The Tiwa. The Keres.

Portfolio 16

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.

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.

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