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.

Portfolio 4

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

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.

Vol. 7 Illustrations
	Facing Page
Camp in the Forest - Kutenai	Frontispiece
Mat Lodge - Yakima	Facing page 4
Drying Piahe - Yakima	6
The Root Digger- Yakima	8
Sons of a Yakima Chief	10
A Young Yakima	12
Mnainak, a Yakima Chief	14
Lishhaiahit - Kittitas	16
A Holiday Lodge - Yakima	18
An Old Man of Waiyam	20
Camp of the Root Diggers - Yakima	22
Author's Temporary Camp	24
Deserted Lodge - Yakima	26
Yakima Boy	28
On the Move - Spokan	30
A Hill Camp - Spokan	32
Skuhun - Klickitat	34
Mitsa - Klickitat	38
Flathead Buffalo-skin Lodge	40
Flathead Young Woman	42
Nine Pipes - Flathead	44
Flathead Warrior	46
Not Indian - Flathead	48
Many Bears - Flathead	50
Red Owl - Flathead	52
Ahlahlemila - Flathead	54
Door-of-lodge Grizzly - Flathead	56
Jerking Meat - Flathead	58
Drying Meat - Flathead	60
Flathead Type	Facing page 62
On Nespilim Creek	64
A Dance in the Forest - Flathead	66
A Drink - Flathead	68
Flathead Mother	70
A Flathead Chief	72
Flathead Maiden	74
Flathead Horse Trappings	76
Flathead Baby-carrier	78
Kalispel Village	80
Touch Her Dress - Kalispel	82
Kalispel Canoes	84
Kalispel Camp	86
Masselow, Kalispel Chief	92
The Peace-officer - Kalispel	94
Chief Of The Land - Kalispel	96
The Chief's Wife - Kalispel	98
Crossing the Pend d'Oreille - Kalispel	100
Kalispel Maiden	102
Young Kalispel Girl	104
Kalispel Youth	106
Shirt - Kalispel	108
Home of the Kalispel	110
On the Pend d'Oreille - Kalispel	112
Spokan Woman	114
On Flathead Lake - Kutenai	116
Kutenai Woman	118
Not Grizzly-bear - Kutenai	120
Dressing Skins - Kutenai	122
Kutenai Type	126
Kutenai Profile	128
Kutenai Maiden	130
Komitsa - Kutenai	134
Kutenai Female Type	136
A Young Kutenai	140
A Kutenai Man	146
Kutenai Girls at the Lake-shore	Facing page 148
Kutenai Canoe	150
Evening on Flathead Lake	152
Author's Camp among the Spokan	154
Returning to Camp - Spokan	156
Spokan Matron	158
Klickitat Basketry	160
Pukimanstula - Spokan	162
Typical Spokan Woman	164
In the Mountains - Spokan	166

Portfolio 7

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Seven
Inashah – Yakima	plate no. 220
Wife of Mnainak – Yakima	plate no. 221
Wishnai – Yakima	plate no. 222
Camp of the Yakima	plate no.223
Mountain camp – Yakima	plate no. 224
Klickitat type	plate no.225
Klickitat profile	plate no. 226
Flathead type	plate no. 227
Flathead profile	plate no. 228
Flathead chief	plate no. 229
Big Knife – Flathead	plate no. 230
Flathead camp	plate no. 231
Flathead camp on Jocko River	plate no. 232
Stormy day – Flathead	plate no. 233
Flathead dance	plate no. 234
Flathead childhood	plate no. 235
By the river – Flathead	plate no. 236
Kalispel type	plate no. 237
Dusty dress – Kalispel	plate no. 238
Village of the Kalispel	plate no. 239
Kalispel scene	plate no. 240
Spokan man	plate no. 241
On Spokane River	plate no. 242
Spokan camp	plate no. 243
Nespilim man	plate no. 244
Nespilim woman	plate no. 245
Nespilim girl	plate no. 246
Luqaiot – Kittitas	plate no. 247
Country of the Kutenai	plate no. 248
Kutenai duck hunter	plate no. 249
Embarking – Kutenai	plate no. 250
On the shore of the lake – Kutenai	plate no. 251
Crossing the lake – Kutenai	plate no. 252
Kutenai girls	plate no. 253
Kutenai camp	plate no. 254
Rush gatherer – Kutenai	plate no. 255

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.

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

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.

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

Portfolio 13

Vol.14. The Kato. The Wailaki. The Yuki. The Pomo. The Wintun. The Maidu. The Miwok. The Yokuts.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Fourteen

Illustrations	vii
Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms	ix
Introduction	xi
The Kato	1
The Wailaki	19
The Yuki	37
The Pomo	53
The Wintun	71
The Maidu	97
The Miwok	127
The Yokuts	149
Mythology	163
The Deluge	165
The Creation	165
Coyote Provides Daylight	167
Coyote and Yitestai Provide Salmon	167
Coyote Temporarily Slain for Misdeeds	167
Coyote and Bat War with the Birds	168
A Girl Taken by Water-Cougar	168
Good Luck Acquired from Cougar	168
Adventure with the White Wolf	169
The Creation	169
Fire is Stolen from Spider	170
The Creation	170
Coyote Creates Sun and Moon	171
Wren Kills the Bears	171
Hawk and the Monster Birds	172
The Creation	173
The Creation	173
The Girl Who Would Not Use the Menstrual Hut	176
Sachacha, the Ogre	176
Yalali, the Giant	177
The Creation	177
Prairie-falcon, Chicken-hawk, and the Monster	177
Coyote and Talkakuna	178
Coyote Steals the Morning-star	179
Appendix	181
Tribal Summary	183
Vocabularies	199
Athapascan	201
Yukian	207
Pomo	214
Wintun	220
Northwestern Maidu	229
Miwok	237
Yokuts	244
Index	249

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.

Portfolio 15

Vol.16. The Tiwa. The Keres.

Portfolio 16

Vol.17. The Tewa. The Zuñi.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Seventeen

Illustrations	vii
Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms	x
Introduction	xi
The Tewa	1
San Juan	4
San Ildefonso	30
Nambe	61
Zuni	83
History	85
Arts and Industries	95
Cosmogony	104
Games	104
Organization	105
Social Customs	107
Sorcery	111
Warfare	111
Origin and Migration	113
Priesthoods and Fetishes	123
Mythology	169
Poseyemo	171
The War-gods Destroy Tsimayo	172
Antelope Races with Hawk	172
Shitsukye An Telapnawe, Shitsukye His Stories	173
A Youth Destroys Achiyalatapa	176
Tsuya, Hummingbird	179
Appendix	183
Tribal Summary	185
Additional Notes on the Hopi Snake Dance	195
Vocabularies	200
Index	211

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.

Portfolio 20

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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.

Vol. 7 Illustrations

Portfolio 7

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Seven