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.

Vol. 1 Illustrations
	Facing Page
The Pool - Apache	Frontispiece
Nayenezgani - Navaho	x
White River - Apache	xii
By the Sycamore - Apache	xiv
The Fire Drill - Apache	xvi
A Noonday Halt - Navaho	xviii
Apache Camp	xx
Typical Apache	2
Tenokai - Apache	4
At the Ford	6
The Bathing Pool - Apache	8
Alchise - Apache	10
Mescal Hills - Apache	12
Primitive Apache Home	14
Cutting Mescal - Apache	16
Mescal - Apache	18
Filling the Pit	20
The Covered Pit - Apache
Apache Still Life	24
Among the Oaks - Apache	26
Mescal Camp - Apache	28
Sacred Buckskin - Apache	30
Apache Girl	32
The Ford - Apache	34
Apache Medicine-Man	36
Maternity Belt	38
Medicine Cap and Fetish - Apache	40
Das Lan - Apache	42
Apache Village	44
Sand Mosaic - Apache	46
Apache Gaun	48
Apache Maiden	50
Lone Tree Lodge - Jicarilla
A Jicarilla	54
A Jicarilla Feast March	56
Jicarillas	58
Jeditoh - Navaho	60
Lake Lajara - Navaho	62
Into the Desert - Navaho	64
Nature's Mirror - Navaho	66
Cañon Hogan - Navaho	68
A Drink in the Desert - Navaho	70
Under the Cottonwoods - Navaho	72
Cornfields in Cañon del Muerto - Navaho	74
The Blanket Maker - Navaho	76
Pikehodiklad - Navaho	78
Hastin Yazhe - Navaho	80
Navaho Hogan	82
Navaho Still Life	84
Navaho Medicine-man	86
Through the Cañon - Navaho	88
Evening in the Desert - Navaho	90
Haschogan - Navaho	94
Antelope Ruin - Cañon del Muerto	96
Nayenezgani - Navaho	98
Tobadzischini	100
Haschezhini	102
Gaaskidi - Navaho	104
Tonenili - Navaho	106
Zahadolzha - Navaho	108
Haschebaad - Navaho	110
Gaaskidi, Zahadolzha, Haschelti - Nahavo	112
Tonenili, Tobadzischini, Nayenezgani - Navaho	114
Yebichai Sweat - Navaho	116
Pikehodiklad - Navaho	118
Shilhne'ohli - Navaho	120
Zahadolzha - Navaho	122
Yebichai Hogan - Navaho	124
Yebichai Dancers - Navaho	126
Mescal Harvest - Apache	128
White River Valley - Apache	130
Nalin Lage - Apache	132
Infant Burial - Apache	134
Tobadzischini - Navaho	136
Gaaskidi - Navaho	138
Zahadolzha - Navaho	140
Haschelti, Haschebaad, Zahadolzha - Navaho	142
Navaho Women	144

Portfolio 1

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume One
Vanishing race - Navaho	plate no. 1
Geronimo - Apache	plate no. 2
Desert rovers - Apache	plate no. 3
Apache - land	plate no. 4
Alchise - Apache	plate no. 5
Sigesh - Apache	plate no. 6
Apache	plate no. 7
Apache reaper	plate no. 8
Storm - Apache	plate no. 9
Getting water - Apache	plate no. 10
Story-telling - Apache	plate no. 11
Story-telling - Apache	plate no. 12
Scout - Apache	plate no. 13
Morning bath - Apache	plate no. 14
Apache Nalin	plate no. 15
Eskadi - Apache	plate no. 16
Apache babe	plate no. 17
Chideh - Apache	plate no. 18
Lost trail - Apache	plate no. 19
Vash Gon - Jicarilla	plate no. 20
Chief Garfield - Jicarilla	plate no. 21
Jicarilla maiden	plate no. 22
Jicarilla matron	plate no. 23
Hilltop camp - Jicarilla	plate no. 24
Jicarilla women	plate no. 25
Chief of the desert - Navaho	plate no. 26
Women of the desert - Navaho	plate no. 27
Cañon de Chelly - Navaho	plate no. 28
Cañon del Muerto - Navaho	plate no. 29
At the shrine - Navaho	plate no. 30
Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho	plate no. 31
Son of the desert - Navaho	plate no. 32
Navaho flocks	plate no. 33
Blanket weaver - Navaho	plate no. 34
Hastobiga - Navaho medicine-man	plate no. 35
Point of interest - Navaho	plate no. 36
Out of the darkness - Navaho	plate no. 37
Sunset in Navaho-land	plate no. 38
Alhkidokihi - Navaho	plate no. 39

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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Four

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Apsaroke, or Crows	1
General Characteristics	3
Tribal Organization	8
Arts	20
Social Customs - Daily Life	23
Historical Sketch	38
Religion and Ceremonies	52
War and the Chase	83
Myth and Legend	116
The Hidatsa	127
Tradition, Habitat, and Customs	129
Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies	143
Myth and Legend	162
Appendix	173
Tribal Summary	175
Hidatsa Songs	186
Apsaroke and Hidatsa Comparative Vocabulary	189
Biographical Sketches	197
Index	213

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.

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Vol.6. The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Six

Alphabet Used In Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Piegan	1
General Description	3
Religion and Ceremonies	31
The Cheyenne	85
Historical Sketch	87
Tribal Organization	103
The Arapaho	135
Appendix	151
Tribal Summary	153
Arapaho Songs	160
Note on the Indian Music	165
Western Algonquian Comparative Vocabulary	167
Index	175

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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.

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

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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.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Eleven

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Nootka	1
General Description	3
Warfare	53
Sociology	62
The Winter Ceremony	68
Mythology	94
The Haida	113
Mythology	148
Appendix	175
Tribal Summary	177
Vocabularies	195
Nootka	197
Haida	204
Index	211

Portfolio 11

Vol.12. The Hopi.

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Vol.13. The Hupa. The Yurok. The Karok. The Wiyot. Tolowa and Tututni. The Shasta. The Achomawi. The Klamath.

Vol. 13 Illustrations
	Facing Page
Fishing from a Platform	Frontispiece
Hupa Man	4
Hupa Woman	6
Hupa Baskets	8
Hupa Purses and Money	10
Hupa House	12
Hupa Sweat-House	14
Broken Fish-weir	16
Sticks Used in Hupa Guessing Game	18
Hupa Matron	20
Hupa Woman's Dress	22
Hupa Basket and Purses	24
Hupa Fisherman	26
Hupa Female Shaman	28
White Deerskin Dance Costume - Hupa	30
Dancer with Black Deer Effigy - Hupa	32
Obsidian-bearer, White Deerskin Dance - Hupa	34
Modern Hupa House	36
Costume of the Obsidian-bearer - Hupa	38
Dip-netting at the Sugar Bowl - Hupa	40
Watching for Salmon - Hupa	42
Hupa Canoe	44
Hupa Salmon-fishing	48
The Forest Stream	48
Hupa War-chief	50
A House at Wakhtek - Yurok	52
Yurok Houses at Weitspus	54
Entrance to a Yurok Sweat-house	56
Modern Yurok House	60
Yurok House on Klamath River	62
An Ancient Yurok	64
Bob Peters - Trinidad Yurok	68
Weitchpec George - Yurok	70
A Yurok Widow	72
A Yurok Cemetery	74
Yurok Fisherman	76
In the Shadow - Yurok	80
Fishing for Smelt in the Surf - Trinidad Yurok	80
Old Sweat-house Walls at Orleans Bar - Karok	82
Karok House at Soames Bar	84
The Mush-Basket	86
Karok Woman	92
Old Bob - Karok	94
Tolowa Man	96
On the Shores of the Pacific - Tolowa	98
Tolowa Tattooing	100
A Tolowa	102
Elk-horn Spoons - Tolowa	106
Measuring Shell Money - Tolowa	108
Tolowa Basket-maker	110
Tolowa Type	112
Achomawi Man	130
Achomawi Woman	132
Achomawi Summer Hut	136
Achomawi Mother and Child	136
An Achomawi	138
Achomawi Matron	140
Klamath Duck-hunter	142
Klamath Child	144
Thinking of the Old Days - Klamath	146
Gathering Basket Material - Klamath	148
Klamath Woman	150
A Klamath Costume	152
Among the Tules - Klamath	154
A Klamath Profile	156
Praying to the Spirits at Crater Lake - Klamath	158
Day Dreams - Crater Lake	162
A Klamath in Costume	164
Klamath Tule Hut	166
The Wokas Harvest - Klamath	168
Grinding Wokas - Klamath	170
Gathering Wokas	172
A Klamath Head-dress	174
Klamath Matron	176
Klamath Canoe	178

Portfolio 13

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Thirteen
Klamath woman	plate no. 436
Sam Ewing – Yurok	plate no. 437
Karok baskets	plate no. 438
Hupa trout-trap	plate no. 439
Old Klamath woman	plate no. 440
A Klamath	plate no. 441
Hupa jumping dance costume	plate no. 442
Yurok canoe on Trinity River	plate no. 443
Yurok canoe on Trinity River	plate no. 444
Wife of Modoc Henry – Klamath	plate no. 445
A Klamath type	plate no. 446
Fishing from canoe – Hupa	plate no. 447
In the forest – Klamath	plate no. 448
Klamath warrior's headdress	plate no. 449
Hupa mother and child	plate no. 450
Hupa woman	plate no. 451
Salmon stream	plate no. 452
Hupa fisherman	plate no. 453
Spearing salmon	plate no. 454
Tolowa dancing headdress	plate no. 455
Klamath lake marshes	plate no. 456
Yurok drummer	plate no. 457
Klamath hunter	plate no. 458
Fish-weir across Trinity River – Hupa	plate no. 459
Gathering wokas – Klamath	plate no. 460
Woman's primitive dress – Tolowa	plate no. 461
Wokas season – Klamath	plate no. 462
Crater Lake	plate no. 463
Achomawi basket-maker	plate no. 464
Fishing platform on Trinity River – Hupa	plate no. 465
Achomawi man	plate no.466
Principal female shaman of the Hupa	plate no. 467
Hupa woman in primitive costume	plate no. 468
Smelt fisher - Trinidad Yurok	plate no. 469
Chief – Klamath	plate no. 470
Smoky day at the Sugar Bowl – Hupa	plate no. 471

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

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

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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

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Vol.17. The Tewa. The Zuñi.

Vol. 17 Illustrations
	Facing Page
The cliff-dweller	Frontispiece
A San Juan home	4
A San Juan man	6
Tse-ka - "Douglas Spruce Leaf", cacique of San Juan	8
Good luck dance by San Juan hunters	10
Shrine of Yellow Cloud Man on Tsikumupi - Tewa	12
Winnowing wheat - San Juan	14
Firing pottery - Santa Clara	16
Santa Clara and the Rio Grande	18
A San Juan farmhouse	20
The harvest - San Juan	22
Tewa dance - costume	24
Cleaning wheat - San Juan	26
A kiva at Santa Clara	28
Puye	30
Cave-dwellings at Puye	32
Ruins on the mesa at Puye	34
Oyegi-aye - "Frost Moving", Santa Clara governor	36
Peach harvest - San Ildefonso	38
Pojoaque	40
By the old well at San Juan	42
Tewa war-god effigies	44
San Ildefonso women	46
In Santa Clara	48
Ko-pi - "Buffalo Mountain" - San Juan	50
Okuwa-tsire - "Cloud Bird" - San Ildefonso	52
Eagle dancer - San Ildefonso	54
Tablita woman dancer - San Ildefonso	56
Oyi-sawi - "Ice Terrace" - Santa Clara	58
Tablita dance - San Ildefonso - A	60
Tablita dance - San Ildefonso - B	62
Tablita dance - San Ildefonso - C	64
Tablita dancers returning to the kiva - San Ildefonso	66
Tablita dancers at the kiva - San Ildefonso	68
Tablita dancers - San Ildefonso	70
A kiva at Nambe	72
Yan-tse - "Willow Yellow" - Nambe	74
Pose-aye - "Dew Moving", profile - Nambe	76
Pose-aye - "Dew Moving" - Nambe	78
Fo-e - "Snow Child" - Santa Clara	80
Zuñi	84
Corn Mountain	86
Onate's inscription	88
Monastery and church at Hawikuh	90
Hawikuh - A	92
Hawikuh - B	94
A Zuñi house shrine	96
Zuñi village at Ojo Caliente	98
Zuñi gardens	100
Zuñi pottery	102
A Zuñi doorway	104
Boy and girl columns at Corn Mountain - Zuñi	106
Ruins on Corn Mountain - Zuñi	108
Zuñi water carriers	110
Shiwawatiwa - Zuñi	112
Zuñi ornaments	114
Siyotiwa, Zuñi kyaqimassi	116
A Zuñi girl	118
Laitsanyasitsa - Zuñi	120
A Zuñi man	122
A Zuñi governor	124
Kuse-pi - "Rock-purple Mountain" - San Juan	126
A San Juan matron	128
Yan-tsire - "Willow Bird" - San Ildefonso	130
Povi-yemo - "Flower Falling" - San Ildefonso	132
Agoyo-aye - "Star Moving" - San Ildefonso	134
A Nambe girl	136
Kwaa-Povi - "Bead Flower" - Nambe	138
Mowa - "Shining Light" - Nambe	140
A Santa Clara man	142
Agoyo-tsa - "Star White" - Santa Clara	144
Tambe - "Drum" - Santa Clara	146
A Tesuque ancient	148
Shrine and effigies of the elder war-god on Corn Mountain - Zuñi	150

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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Seventeen
Sentinel - San Ildefonso	plate no. 580
Povi-Tamu ("Flower Morning") - San Ildefonso	plate no. 581
Okuwa-tse ("Cloud Yellow") - San Ildefonso	plate no. 582
On the Rio Grande - San Ildefonso	plate no. 583
Kiva stairs, San Ildefonso	plate no. 584
Fruit gatherer - San Ildefonso	plate no. 585
Offering - San Ildefonso	plate no. 586
San Ildefonso pottery	plate no. 587
Tablita dancers and singers - San Ildefonso	plate no. 588
In San Ildefonso	plate no. 589
Girl and jar - San Ildefonso	plate no. 590
In the gray morning - San Ildefonso	plate no. 591
Offering to the sun - San Ildefonso	plate no. 592
From the threshing floor - San Juan	plate no. 593
Washing wheat - San Juan	plate no. 594
Street scene at San Juan	plate no. 595
Ambrosio Martinez - San Juan	plate no. 596
San Juan pottery	plate no. 597
Gossiping - San Juan	plate no. 598
Offering at the waterfall – Nambe	plate no. 599
Tesuque buffalo dancers	plate no. 600
Oyi (Duck White), summer cacique of Santa Clara	plate no. 601
Potter - Santa Clara	plate no. 602
Pottery burners at Santa Clara	plate no. 603
Inscription rock	plate no. 604
Zuni street scene	plate no. 605
Grinding medicine – Zuni	plate no. 606
Zuni governor	plate no. 607
Load of fuel – Zuni	plate no. 608
Terraced houses of Zuni	plate no. 609
Zuni girls at the river	plate no. 610
Lutakawi, Zuni Governor	plate no. 611
Waihusiwa, a Zuni kyaqimassi	plate no. 612
Zuni girl	plate no. 613
Zuni woman	plate no. 614
Corner of Zuni	plate no. 615

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

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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

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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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