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.

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

Portfolio 3

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

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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Eight

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Nez Perces	1
Historical Sketch	3
General Description	40
Religion and Ceremonies	52
Wallawalla, Umatilla, Cayuse	77
The Chinookan Tribes	83
General Description	86
Mythology	106
Appendix	155
Tribal Summary	157
Additional Nez Perce Songs	183
Additional Wishham Songs	185
Vocabularies	191
Index	207

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.

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

Portfolio 14

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.

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

Portfolio 15

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.

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

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

Portfolio 16

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.

Portfolio 17

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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