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.

Vol. 5 Illustrations
	Facing Page
On the Banks of the Missouri	Frontispiece
Mandan Earthen Lodge	4
Crow's Heart - Mandan	6
Cutting Rushes - Mandan	8
Mandan Bull-boat	10
The Bather - Mandan	12
Buffalo-berry Gatherers - Mandan	14
Offering the Buffalo-skull - Mandan	16
Scattered Corn Woman - Mandan	18
Record of Custodians of a Turtle-drum - Mandan	21
Contents of Bundle of Numak-mahana - Mandan	22
The Sacred Turtles - Mandan	24
The Turtles, with Feather Adornment - Mandan	26
Numak-mahana	28
Buffalo Dance Costume - Mandan	30
Ready for Okipe Buffalo Dance - Mandan	32
Packs Wolf as Numak-mahana - Mandan	34
Buffalo Dancer - Mandan	36
Mandan Girl	40
In the Medicine-lodge - Arikara	60
Arikara Maiden	62
Ground Plan of Arikara Medicine-lodge	64
Arikara Medicine-lodge	66
The Altar - Arikara	68
Contents of Arikara Tribal Medicine Bundle	70
Arikara Corn Ceremony - Bearing out the Osiers	72
Arikara Medicine Ceremony - The Bears	74
Medicine Bundles - Arikara	76
Arikara Medicine Ceremony -Bear, Buffalo, and Night Men	78
Arikara Medicine Ceremony - The Buffalo	80
Bringing the Cedar - Arikara	82
Blessing the Children - Arikara	84
Arikara Medicine Ceremony - Night Men Dancing	86
"At the water's edge"	88
The Bear Emerges - Arikara	90
Arikara Medicine Ceremony - The Buffalo Dancing	92
The Brush-gatherers - Arikara	94
The Buffalo-medicine - Arikara	96
The Bear-medicine - Arikara	98
Prayer to the Cedar - Arikara	100
Atsina War-party	102
Atsina Camp Scene	104
Atsina Scalp Dance	106
Making a Travois - Atsina	108
A Gathering War-party - Atsina	110
Parfleches - Atsina	112
Atsina Fly Dance	114
Atsina Fly Dance - "Robes outstretched"	116
Atsina Crazy Dance - A Dancer Kisses the Grandfather	118
Atsina Crazy Dance - The Flight of Arrows	120
Atsina Crazy Dancers	122
Singing in the Crazy Dance	124
Incense - Atsina	126
The Pipe-bearer - Atsina	128
Travaux - Atsina	130
"Beside the stream"	132
The Halt - Atsina	134
Moving Camp - Atsina	136
Atsina Burial	138
Travelling Atsina	140
Rattles of Arikara Bear Medicine-men	142
Dancing into the Medicine-lodge - Arikara	144
Keeper of a Medicine Bundle - Arikara	146
Arikara Woman	148
Arikara Summer Home	150
Camp Gossips - Atsina	152
Atsina Burial-ground	154
Singing to the Cedar - Arikara	170
Atsina Maiden	172
Curly Head - Atsina	174
Three White Cows - Atsina	178
Red Star - Atsina	180
Crow Ghost - Arikara	182
Cuts Tether - Atsina	182
Running Fisher - Atsina	184
White And Yellow Cow - Atsina	186

Portfolio 5

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Five
Yellow Owl – Mandan	plate no. 148
Spotted Bull – Mandan	plate no. 149
Bear's Belly – Arikara	plate no. 150
Four Horns – Arikara	plate no. 151
White Shield – Arikara	plate no. 152
Sitting Bear – Arikara	plate no. 153
Bear's Teeth – Arikara	plate no. 154
Little Sioux – Arikara	plate no. 155
Bull Neck – Arikara	plate no. 156
Arikara medicine fraternity	plate no. 157
Arikara medicine ceremony - Dance of the fraternity	plate no. 158
Announcement – Arikara	plate no. 159
Rush gatherer – Arikara	plate no. 160
Arikara medicine ceremony - The Bears	plate no. 161
Arikara medicine ceremony - Dance of the black-tail deer	plate no. 162
Arikara medicine ceremony - The Ducks	plate no. 163
Arikara medicine fraternity - The prayer	plate no. 164
Arikara gir	plate no. 165
Arikara chief	plate no. 166
No Bear – Atsina	plate no. 167
Eagle Child – Atsina	plate no. 168
Land of the Atsina	plate no. 169
Horse Capture – Atsina	plate no. 170
Assiniboin boy – Atsina	plate no. 171
Assiniboin boy – Atsina	plate no. 172
On the war-path – Atsina	plate no. 173
Red Whip – Atsina	plate no. 174
Atsina camp	plate no. 175
Scout – Atsina	plate no. 176
Head-dress – Atsina	plate no. 177
War-party's farewell – Atsina	plate no. 178
Atsina warriors	plate no. 179
Lone Flag – Atsina	plate no. 180
Awaiting the scouts' return – Atsina	plate no. 181
Scout's report – Atsina	plate no. 182
Otter Robe – Atsina	plate no. 183

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.

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

Vol. 9 Illustrations
	Facing Page
In the Forest - Quinault	Frontispiece
Shores of Puget Sound	Facing page 4
Shores of Shoalwater Bay	6
On Shoalwater Bay	8
The Mouth of Quinault River	10
On Skokomish River	12
Cowichan Warrior	14
Quinault War Canoes	16
Shoalwater Bay Type	18
Shoalwater Bay Profile	20
Lahkeudup - Skokomish	22
Kalasetsah - Skokomish	24
Bahlkabuh - Skokomish	26
Yalqablu - Skokomish	28
Family Party - Puget Sound	30
Cowichan River	32
Qamutsun Village - Cowichan	34
Henipsum Village - Cowichan	36
Cowichan Woman	38
Primitive Dress - Quinault	40
Shell Ornaments - Quinault	42
Cowichan Houseframe	44
Cowichan Housefront	46
Puget Sound Camp	48
Settling the Net - Quinault	50
Lifting the Net - Quinault	52
Going for Clams - Quinault	54
Digging Clams - Puget Sound	56
Digging Skunk-cabbage Roots	58
Canoe Finishing - Quinault	60
Skokomish Baskets	Facing page 62
Basket Maker	64
Quinault Handiwork	66
Quinault Berry Picker	68
Looking up Cowichan River	70
Goat-hair Blanket	72
Warrior's Scalp Head-dress - Cowichan	74
Warrior's Feather Head-dress - Cowichan	76
Tsatsalaltsa - Quilcene	78
Lotsubelo - Quilcene	80
Gathering Tules - Cowichan	82
Tying the Bundle - Cowichan	84
The Head-strap - Cowichan	86
Homeward Bound - Cowichan	88
Drying Tules - Cowichan	90
Quinault Female Type	92
Quinault Female Profile	94
Kaktsamah - Cowlitz	96
River Canoes - Quinault	98
Quinault Canoes	100
River "Shovelnose" Canoes - Quinault	102
Quinault Girl	104
A Quinault Type	106
Carved Figure - Cowichan	108
A Mat Shelter - Skokomish	110
Tule Gatherers - Puget Sound	112
A Cowichan Mask	114
Masked Dancer - Cowichan	116
Still Life - Puget Sound	118
Grave House - Snohomish	120
On the River - Puget Sound	122
A Primitive Camp	124
On Quinault River	126
A Skokomish Camp	128
Watching for the Salmon - Quinault	130
Quinault Houses	132
Hop Pickers - Puget Sound	Facing page 134
Chimakum Woman	136
Chimakum Female Type	138
Chimakum Female Profile	140
Silto - Quilliute	142
Silto - Quilliute	144
Quilliute Girl	146
Hoh Type	148
Hoh Profile	150

Portfolio 9

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Nine
Primitive Quinault	plate no.293
Quinault female type	plate no. 294
Quinault female profile	plate no. 295
Mouth of Quinault River	plate no. 296
On Quinault River	plate no. 297
Hleastunuh – Skokomish	plate no. 298
Tsatsalatsa – Skokomish	plate no. 299
Chief's daughter – Skokomish	plate no. 300
Mat house – Skokomish	plate no. 301
Fishing camp – Skokomish	plate no. 302
Quilcene boy	plate no. 303
Lelehalt – Quilcene	plate no. 304
Suquamish woman	plate no. 305
Suquamish girl	plate no. 306
Squaxon matron	plate no. 307
Puget Sound type	plate no. 308
Puget Sound baskets	plate no. 309
Basket maker	plate no. 310
Basket carrier	plate no. 311
Evening on Puget Sound	plate no. 312
Mussel gatherer	plate no. 313
Princess Angeline	plate no. 314
Tule gatherer – Cowichan	plate no. 315
Sunset on Puget Sound	plate no. 316
Clam digger	plate no. 317
Homeward	plate no. 318
Snoqualmu type	plate no. 319
Lummi type	plate no. 320
Lummi woman	plate no. 321
Cowichan warrior	plate no. 322
Cowichan girl	plate no. 323
Spearing salmon – Cowichan	plate no. 324
Cowichan canoes	plate no. 325
Masked dancer – Cowichan	plate no. 326
Cowichan River	plate no. 327
Quamichan Lake	plate no. 328

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

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.

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.

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.

Portfolio 17

Vol.18. The Chipewyan. The Western Woods Cree. The Sarsi.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Eighteen

Illustrations	vii
Alphabet Used in Recording Indians Terms	x
Introduction	xi
The Chipewyan	1
The Western Woods Cree	53
The Sarsi	89
Mythology	123
Be-tsune-yenehlshai, His Grandmother She-reared-him	125
Bozeli-aze, Powerless Small	126
Tseqi Tsatsane Hehohl'ai, Woman Copper She-found	127
The First Beavers	128
Dza-ghal-iaze, Lower-leg Trembles Little	128
Da-tsa-thi, Beak Excrement [Raven] Head	129
Niyanimis Overcomes Cold	129
Origin of the Sun Dance	131
Some Adventures of Wisakechahk, The Trickster	132
Isqeu Ka-napeu Isihut, Woman Like-man Dressed	133
The Chief's Son Who Wanted an Otter-skin	134
Missu-ghunnisagha, His-grandmother Reared-him	136
The Girl Who Married a Star	140
The Creation	141
Sarsi Migration Myth	141
His Brother Chopped the Tree Down with Him in the Water	141
Natuusughu-sitinne, Snake Sleeping	143
Appendix	145
Tribal Summary	147
Vocabularies	199
Chipewyan	201
Cree	205
Sarsi	210
Northern Assiniboin	214
Index	219

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Vol.19. The Indians of Oklahoma. The Wichita. The Southern Cheyenne. The Oto. The Comanche. The Peyote Cult.

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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.

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

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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.

Vol. 5 Illustrations

Portfolio 5

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Five

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.