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.

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.

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.

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

Portfolio 14

Vol.15. Southern California Shoshoneans. The Diegueños. Plateau Shoshoneans. The Washo.

Portfolio 15

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

Portfolio 16

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.

Vol. 20 Illustrations
	Facing Page
On Kotzebue Sound	Frontispiece
Map Showing the Dialects and Hunting Territories of the Coast Eskimo of Alaska	3
Mihkoyak, a Nunivak Village	6
Ground-plan, Roof-plan, and Section of Eskimo Men's House	8
Mihkoyak, Men's House at Winter Camp - Nunivak	12
At Nash Harbor, Nunivak	16
Baninaguh - Nunivak	20
Waterproof Parkas - Nunivak	24
Girl's Costume - Nunivak	28
Holiday Costume - Nunivak	30
Duck-skin Parkas - Nunivak	32
Fish-drying Racks - Nunivak	34
Nunivak Youth	38
Jukuk - Nunivak	42
Kaiak Frame - Nunivak	44
Kaiak on Rack - Nunivak	48
Kaiak with Seal Hunting Equipment - Nunivak	52
Ready for the Throw - Nunivak	54
A Nunivak Hunter	56
Sled - Nunivak	58
Chahali - Nunivak	60
Line Stretching Posts - Nunivak	62
Herring Racks - Nunivak	64
Kenowun - Nunivak	66
Dahchihtok - Nunivak	68
Jukuk - Nunivak	72
Dishes - Nunivak	74
Baskets - Nunivak	78
Ceremonial Mask - Nunivak	80
Maskette - Nunivak	82
The Ivory Carver - Nunivak	86
Hooper Bay Homes	88
Hooper Bay Man	90
Ukowuhhuh - Hooper Bay	92
Drying Whale Meat - Hooper Bay	94
Food Caches - Hooper Bay	96
A Grave-post - Hooper Bay	98
King Island	100
Looking to Sea - King Island	102
On the Cliff Edge - King Island	104
Housetops, King Island	106
Nuktaya, King Island	108
Drilling ivory, King Island	110
The bow-drill, King Island	112
Village at Little Diomede	114
Home structure, Diomede	116
Underground house tops with whale-rib drying rack, Diomede	118
Walrus boats, Big Diomede in distance	122
Drying walrus hide, Diomede	124
Siluk, Diomede	128
Diomede girl	132
Tahopik, Diomede	134
Home structure, Cape Prince of Wales	136
Start of whale hunt, Cape Prince of Wales	140
Umiak and crew, Cape Prince of Wales	144
Aiyak, Cape Prince of Wales	148
Koaninok, Cape Prince of Wales	152
Oksiwik, Cape Prince of Wales	158
Berry-pickers, Kotzebue	162
The beluga, Kotzebue	168
Cutting up a beluga, Kotzebue	172
Food containers, pokes, Kotzebue	178
Umiak frame, Kotzebue	182
Umiak, Kotzebue	186
The umiak, Kotzebue	190
Noatak village	194
Noatak home	196
At Noatak village	198
The seal-hunter - Noatak	200
Noatak man	202
Noatak child	204
Bark dishes, Kobuk	208
On the Selawik River	226
At Selawik	228
Kihsuk, Selawik	230
Selawik women	234
Selawik woman	236
Selawik girl	238

Portfolio 20

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Twenty
Nunivak children	plate no. 688
Reindeer – Nunivak	plate no. 689
Boys in kaiak – Nuniva	plate no. 690
Kenowun – Nunivak	plate no. 691
Drummer – Nunivak	plate no. 692
Ugiyaku – Nunivak	plate no. 693
Woman and child – Nunivak	plate no. 694
Ready for sealing – Nunivak	plate no. 695
Uyowutcha – Nunivak	plate no. 696
Ugiyaku - Nunivak	plate no. 697
Hooper Bay Youth	plate no. 698
Village - Hooper Bay	plate no. 699
King Island village from the sea	plate no. 700
King Island village	plate no. 701
King Island homes	plate no. 702
Qunaninru - King Island	plate no. 703
Launching the boat - Little Diomede Island	plate no. 704
Diomede boat crew, Asiatic shore in distance	plate no. 705
Old stone house - Diomede Island	plate no. 706
Launching the whale boat - Cape Prince of Wales	plate no. 707
Cape Prince of Wales man	plate no. 708
Whaling crew - Cape Prince of Wales	plate no. 709
A Kotzebue man	plate no. 710
Foggy day – Kotzebue	plate no. 711
Starting up the Noatak River – Kotzebue	plate no. 712
Jackson, interpreter at Kotzebue	plate no. 713
Muskrat-hunter – Kotzebue	plate no. 714
Arriving home – Noatak	plate no. 715
Ola - Noatak	plate no. 716
Family group – Noatak	plate no. 717
Noatak kayaks	plate no. 718
Nungoktok – Noatak	plate no. 719
Jajuk – Selawik	plate no. 720
Charlie Wood – Kobuk	plate no. 721
Kobuk costume	plate no. 722

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