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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Three

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Teton Sioux	1
General Description	3
Historical Sketch	31
Religion	55
Ceremonies	71
Folk-tale	111
The Yanktonai	119
The Assiniboin	125
Appendix	135
Tribal Summary	137
Note on the Indian Music	142
Hunka-Lowanpi Prayers	151
Dakota Vocabulary	152
High Hawk's Winter-count	159
Biographical Sketches	182
Index	191

Portfolio 3

Vol.4. The Apsaroke, or Crows. The Hidatsa.

Vol. 4 Illustrations
	Facing Page
The Oath	Frontispiece
Hide Stretching - Apsaroke	4
Hide Scraping - Apsaroke	6
Pack-horse - Apsaroke	8
Hunts To Die - Apsaroke	10
Fog In The Morning - Apsaroke
An Apsaroke Lodge	18
Apsaroke Horse Trappings	20
Apsaroke Woman	22
Apsaroke Mother	24
A Young Horsewoman	26
Playmates - Apsaroke	28
Bird On The Ground	32
Does Everything - Apsaroke	34
A Burial Platform - Apsaroke	36
Scaffold Burial - Apsaroke	38
The Winter Camp - Apsaroke	40
In The Cañon - Apsaroke	42
Apsaroke Youths	44
A Baby Apsaroke	46
Sisters - Apsaroke
Medicine Tripod - Apsaroke	52
Sweat-lodge - Apsaroke	54
Medicine Lodge - Apsaroke	56
Hunts The Enemy - Apsaroke	58
Tobacco Ceremonial Lodge - Apsaroke	64
Tobacco Ceremony - Apsaroke	66
Apsaroke Maiden	68
Flathead Woman - Apsaroke	70
The Eagle Medicine-man - Apsaroke	74
The Sun Dancer - Apsaroke	76
"For strength and visions"	78
The Sun Dance Votary - Apsaroke	80
On Top - Apsaroke	84
The Scout - Apsaroke	86
Old Dog - Apsaroke	88
Big Ox - Apsaroke	90
The Lookout - Apsaroke	94
Apsaroke Camp	96
Hairy Moccasins - Apsaroke	98
Goes Ahead - Apsaroke	100
Moving - Apsaroke	102
Bull Goes Hunting - Apsaroke	104
Approaching Winter - Apsaroke	106
Spotted Jack-rabbit - Apsaroke	108
The Parade - Apsaroke	104
Winter Hunters - Apsaroke	106
A Winter Day - Apsaroke	116
"The chief had a beautiful daughter"	118
Two Leggings Lodge - Apsaroke	120
Site of Abandoned Hidatsa Village	130
Sitting Owl - Hisatsa	132
Lean Wolf - Hidsatsa	134
The Eagle-catcher	136
Hidatsa Man	138
Hidatsa Bull-boat	140
Hidatsa Mother	142
White Duck - Hidatsa	144
Hidatsa Woman	148
Incense over a Medicine Bundle-Hidatsa	150
Long-time Dog - Hidatsa	152
"He perceived an earthen vessel"	156
Rabbit-head - Hidatsa	158
Holds the Eagle - Hidatsa	160
"Crying to the spirits"	166
In the Forest	166
Mother and Child - Apsaroke	178
The Mythic Stone - Hidatsa	184
Home of the Water-monster	186
The Mythic Tree	188
Bull Tongue - Apsaroke	198
Skins Wolf - Apsaroke	206
Young Hairy Wolf - Apsaroke	208
Good Bear - Hidatsa	210

Portfolio 4

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Four
Two Whistles - Apsaroke	plate no. 111
Apsaroke war-chief	plate no. 112
Two Leggings - Apsaroke	plate no. 113
On the Little Bighorn - Apsaroke	plate no. 114
White Man Runs Him - Apsaroke	plate no. 115
Watching for the signal - Apsaroke	plate no. 116
Medicine Crow - Apsaroke	plate no. 117
Hoop On The Forehead - Apsaroke	plate no. 118
Red Wing - Apsaroke	plate no. 120
Bread - Apsaroke	plate no. 121
Spirit of the past - Apsaroke	plate no. 122
Wolf Lies Down - Apsaroke	plate no. 123
Plenty Coups - Apsaroke	plate no. 124
Ready for the charge - Apsaroke	plate no. 125
Going to camp - Apsaroke	plate no. 126
Winter - Apsaroke	plate no. 127
Bull Chief - Apsaroke	plate no. 128
For a winter campaign - Apsaroke	plate no. 129
Autumn - Apsaroke	plate no. 130
Scout in winter - Apsaroke	plate no. 131
Passing the cliff - Apsaroke	plate no. 132
Shot In The Hand - Apsaroke	plate no. 133
Swallow Bird - Apsaroke	plate no. 134
Fish Shows - Apsaroke	plate no. 135
In Black Cañon - Apsaroke	plate no. 136
Chief and his staff - Apsaroke	plate no. 137
Successful raid for the horses - Apsaroke	plate no. 138
Upshaw - Apsaroke	plate no. 139
Mountain fastness - Apsaroke	plate no. 140
Apsaroke medicine tipi	plate no. 141
Wolf - Apsaroke	plate no. 142
Lone Tree - Apsaroke	plate no. 143
Coups Well-Known - Apsaroke	plate no. 144
Wet - Apsaroke	plate no. 145
Sitting Elk - Apsaroke	plate no. 146
Apsaroke war group	plate no. 147

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

Portfolio 9

Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

Vol. 10 Illustrations
	Facing Page
Tenaktak Wedding Guests	Frontispiece
Sailing - Qagyuhl	Facing page 4
Nimkish Village at Alert Bay	8
A House-front - Awaitlala	10
A "Begged-from" Cedar	12
A Fair Breeze	14
Preparing Cedar-bark - Nakoaktok	16
A Tsawatenok House-front	18
A Koskimo House	20
A Koskimo Dandy	22
Front Interior Posts of a Koskimo House	24
At Kwaustums Village	26
The Octopus Catcher - Qa'gyuhl	28
Ready for the Cast - Qa'gyuhl	30
Tenaktak Canoes	32
Tenaktak House, Harbledown Island	34
At Memkumlis	36
Kwaustums Village, Gilford Island	38
A Kwakiutl Canoe	44
The Hand-game - Qagyuhl	48
A Mamalelekala Chief's Mortuary House	52
Tsawatenok Tree Burial	54
Mamalelekala Cemetery on Village Island	56
Kekuhtlala - Koeksotenok	62
Naemahlpunkfuma - Hahuamis	66
Lagyus - Tsawatenok	70
Tlahleelis - Koprino	74
Gyalkum - Koskimo	78
Nultsi - Lekwiltok	82
Yumqas - Mamalelekala	Facing page 86
Tsawatenok Girl	90
Twin Child Healer - Koskimo (a)	92
Twin Child Healer (b)	94
Nakoaktok Warrior	98
Crossing the Strait	104
Embarking	108
Crests of a Nimkish Family	138
Tenaktak Crest Posts, Harbledown Island	140
Nakoaktok Chief and Copper	146
PaqusilaIh Emerging from the Woods - Qagyuhl	158
Kaloqutsuis - Koskimo	160
Kaloqutsuis - Qagyuhl	162
Nu'nalalahl - Qagyuhl	164
Paqusilahl - Qagyuhl	166
Hamatsa Emerging from the Woods - Koskimo	172
A Nakoaktok Mawihl	174
A Nakoaktok Mawihl	176
Nunhltsistalahl - Qagyuhl	178
Hamatsa - Qagyuhl	182
Nane - Qagyuhl	184
Tsunukwalah - Qagyuhl	186
A Hamatsa Costume - Nakoaktok	194
Grizzly-bear Dancer - Qagyuhl	202
An Incident of the Winter Dance - Nakoaktok	210
Sisiutl Dancer - Qagyuhl	212
Sisiutl - Qagyuhl	214
Nuhlimahla - Qagyuhl	216
Hamasilahl - Qagyuhl	228
Tawihyilahl - Qagyuhl	230
Qunhulahl - Qagyuhl	232
Kwahwumhl - Koskimo	234
Hami - Koskimo	236
Atlumhl - Koskimo	238
Nuhltmkilaka - Koskimo	240
A Tlu'wulahu Mask - Tsawatenok	Facing page 242
A Tlu'wulahu Costume - Qagyuhl	244
Mask of Octopus Hunter - Qagyuhl	246
Waswaslikyi - Qagyuhl	248
Thunderbirds and Whales	250
Pgwis - Qagyuhl	262
A Koeksotenok House-front	264
Komuqi - Qagyuhl	276
A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums	296
The Octopus Hunter - Qagyuhl	298

Portfolio 10

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Ten
Painting a hat – Nakoaktok	plate no. 329
Carved posts at Alert Bay	plate no. 330
Qa'hila – Koprinok	plate no. 331
Mowakiu – Tsawatenok	plate no. 332
Hamasaka in Tlu'wulahu costume with speaker's staff –Qagyuhl	plate no. 333
Nakoaktok chief's daughter	plate no. 334
Siwit – Awaitlala	plate no. 335
Kotsuis and Hohhuq – Nakoaktok	plate no. 336
Coming for the bride	plate no. 337
Chief's party – Qagyuhlk	plate no. 338
On the beach – Nakoaktokk	plate no. 339
In Kwakiutl waters	plate no. 340
Koskimo house-post	plate no. 341
Gathering abalones – Nakoaktok	plate no. 342
Kwakiutl house-frame	plate no. 343
Wedding party – Qagyuhl	plate no. 344
Quatsino Sound	plate no. 345
Yakotlus - Quatsino, profile	plate no. 346
Yakotlus – Quatsino	plate no. 347
Group of winter dancers – Qagyuhl	plate no. 348
Fire-drill – Koskimo	plate no. 349
Nimkish village at Alert Bay	plate no. 350
Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyhl, A	plate no. 351
Rounding into port – Qagyhl	plate no. 352
Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert	plate no. 353
Koskimo woman	plate no. 354
Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon – Qagyuhl	plate no. 355
Sailing – Qagyuhl	plate no. 356
Wedding guests	plate no. 357
Masked dancers – Qagyuhl	plate no. 358
Passing a dreaded point	plate no. 359
Inland waterway	plate no. 360
Bridal group	plate no. 361
Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyuhl, B	plate no. 362
Tsulniti – Koskimo	plate no. 363
Chief's daughter - Nakoaktok	plate no. 364

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.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Fifteen

Alphabet Used in Recording Indians Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
Southern California Shoshoneans	1
The Luisenos	5
The Cahuilla	21
The Dieguenos	37
Plateau Shoshoneans	53
The Mono	55
The Paviotso	66
The Washo	87
Mythology	99
Taqish	101
Suskia, the Giantess	103
Temet'awi', the Magic Hunter	105
The Creation	106
The Creation	110
The Creation	121
The Origin of People	128
Origin Myth	129
Origin Myth	134
Hainanu, the Transformer	135
Tavuu, the Transformer	143
Origin of the Belt of Orion	147
Origin of Pine-nuts and Death	148
Origin Myth	149
The Monster Bird	150
How the Animals Were Named	151
Tamalili and Goji	151
The Women Who Married Stars	154
Appendix	157
Tribal Summary	159
Vocabularies	173
Index	193

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.

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.

Vol. 18 Illustrations
	Facing Page
A Blackfoot	Frontispiece
A Chipewyan tipi	4
Nasurethur - Chipewyan	6
Nasurethur, profile - Chipewyan	8
A Chipewyan woman	10
Camp among the aspens - Chipewyan	12
Berry-pickers in camp - Chipewyan	14
Calling a moose - Cree	16
A Cree	18
Cree fishing camp	20
Picking blueberries - Cree	22
A Piegan woman	24
Makoyepuk - "Wolf-child" - Blood	26
Niukskai-Stamik - "Three Bulls" - Blood	28
An old woman - Blood	30
Atso Tohkomi - "Call-on-all-sides" - Blood	32
Astanihkyi - "Come-singing" - Blood	34
A travois - Blackfoot	36
A typical Blackfoot	38
A Blackfoot soldier	40
Blackfoot finery	42
A Blackfoot woman	44
Blackfoot cookery	46
Kaistosinikyi - "Kill-for-nothing" - Blood	48
Cree tipis	60
Isqe-sis - "Woman Small" - and child - Cree	62
Cree boatwomen	64
A Cree camp	66
Landing - Cree	68
Birchbark baskets - Cree	70
Mawinehikis - "Tries-to-excel" - Cree	72
Lac les Isles - Cree	74
A Cree girl	76
Wapistan - "Marten" - Cree	78
Napeu - "Man" - Cree	80
A Cree canoe	82
Frame of the sponsor's tipi, Cree sun-dance	84
Cree woman with fur robe	86
Aki-tanni - "Two Guns" - Sarsi	92
Typical female physiognomy - Sarsi	94
Ka'ni - Sarsi	96
A Sarsi tipi	98
A Sarsi woman	100
A Sarsi kitchen	102
Missi-tsatsa - "Owl Old-woman" - Sarsi	104
A Piegan play tipi	106
A Blood horseman	108
Modern Blackfoot burial	110
Bow River and the sandhills - Blackfoot	112
In a Blackfoot camp	114
A medicine-bag - Blackfoot	116
Frame of the sun-lodge - Piegan	118
Offerings in the sun-lodge - Piegan	120
Central post of the sun lodge - Piegan	122
A Piegan war-bonnet	148
Oksoy-Apiw - "Raw-eater Old-man" - Blackfoot	156
Itsipstsinikyi - "Kills-inside" - Piegan	158
Piksohkomi - "Calling-bird" - Piegan	162
Assiniboin bowman	164
The chief - Assiniboin	166
Assiniboin camp near the Rocky Mountains	168
Woman's costume and baby swing - Assiniboin	170
Assiniboin camp on Bow River	172
Painted tipis - Assiniboin	174
A chief's son - Assiniboin	176
Akatsim-atsissi - "Whistle Smoke" - Piegan	178
A Piegan tipi	180
Transporting the ceremonial bag and tipi-cover of a Blackfoot society	182
A beaver-bundle - Blackfoot	184
A Blackfoot ceremonial bag	186
Fat horse, with insignia of a Blackfoot soldier	188
Head-dress of Matoki Society - Blood	190
Lodge of the Horn Society - Blood	192
Blackfoot war-bonnet	194
A Blackfoot tipi	196

Portfolio 18

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Eighteen
A Chipewyan tipi among the aspens	plate no. 616
Titishu-kghitluhl ("Deer Running")	plate no. 617
Tsaaassi-mis-salla ("Crow with Necklace") - Sarsi	plate no. 618
Muwu ("His Tooth") – Sarsi	plate no. 619
A Sarsi camp	plate no. 620
A Cree canoe on Lac Les Isles	plate no. 621
A Cree girl	plate no. 622
Moose hunter – Cree	plate no. 623
Cree tipis	plate no. 624
Moss for the baby-bags – Cree	plate no. 625
A Cree	plate no. 626
A Cree woman	plate no. 627
A Cree camp at Lac les Isles	plate no. 628
Chief Hector – Assiniboin	plate no. 629
Assiniboin hunter	plate no. 630
Kindling fire – Assiniboin	plate no. 631
Assiniboin mother and child	plate no. 632
Painted tipi – Assiniboin	plate no. 633
Placating the spirit of a slain eagle – Assiniboin	plate no. 634
Agichide – Assiniboin	plate no. 635
Blackfoot country	plate no. 636
A Blackfoot travois	plate no. 637
Medicine-headdress – Blackfoot	plate no. 638
Oksoyapiw – Blackfoot	plate no. 639
Bear Bull – Blackfoot	plate no. 640
Calf Child – Blackfoot	plate no. 641
Blackfoot tipis	plate no. 642
Fleshing a hide – Blackfoot	plate no. 643
Bow River – Blackfoot	plate no. 644
Lodge of the Horn Society – Blood	plate no. 645
Sacred bags of the Horn Society – Blood	plate no. 646
Makoyepuk ("Wolf-child") – Blood	plate no. 647
Apio-mita ("White Dog") – Blood	plate no. 648
Astanighkyi ("Come-singing") – Blood	plate no. 649
Stsimaki ("Reluctant-to-be-woman") – Blood	plate no. 650
Soyaksin - Blood	plate no. 651

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

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Nineteen

Illustrations	ix
Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms	xii
The Indians of Oklahoma	1
Historical Introduction	3
Population of the Indians of Oklahoma in 1926	32
The Wichita	33
General Description	35
Religious Beliefs	44
Witchcraft	56
Ceremonies	64
Mythology	85
The Southern Cheyenne	105
Introduction	107
Origin of the Forty-four Chief-sticks and the Election of Chiefs	110
Ceremonies	112
Band and Society Legends
Witchcraft	138
The Sweat-lodge	140
Mythology	143
The Oto	149
General Description	151
Genesis of the Clans	158
Mythology	164
The Commanche	179
General Description	181
Mythology	189
The Peyote Cult, the "Stomp" Dance, and the Forty-nine Dance
Peyote Ritual	203
Peyote Experiences	213
The "Stomp Dance and the Forty-nine Dance	214
Appendix	221
Tribal Summary	223
Vocabularies	230
Index	239

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

Return to top

Home | Site Map | User Tips

About the Site | About the Project | About the Work

Last updated April 9th, 2004

nai@northwestern.edu

NUcat | Electronic Resources | Library Home | Search | In the spotlight | Help
Northwestern Home | Calendar: Plan-It Purple | Search | Directories
Northwestern University Library · 1970 Campus Drive · Evanston, IL · 60208-2300
Phone: (847) 491-7658 · Fax: (847) 491-8306 · E-mail: library@northwestern.edu
© Copyright 2004 Northwestern University Library. World Wide Web Disclaimer and Policy Statements

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.

Vol. 4 Illustrations

Portfolio 4

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Four

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.