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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume One

Alphabet Used In Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Foreword	xi
General Introduction	xiii
Introduction to Volume One	xix
The Apache	1
Historical Sketch	3
Homeland and Life	13
Mythology	23
Medicine and Medicine-Men	35
The Jicarillas	51
Home and General Customs	53
Mythology	60
The Navaho	71
Home Life, Arts, and Beliefs	73
History	81
MYTHOLOGY	83
Ceremonies	116
Appendix	129
Tribal Summary	131
Southern Athapascan Comparative Vocabulary	139
Index	145

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.

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

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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.

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Vol.12. The Hopi.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Twelve

Illustrations	vii
Alphabet Used in Recording Indians Terms	ix
Introduction	xi
The Hopi	1
General Description	3
Clan Legends	74
Religion	99
Ceremonies	105
Tradition and Mythology	184
Appendix	217
Tribal Summary	219
Vocabulary	243
Index	253

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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

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

Portfolio 14

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

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.

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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.

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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.

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.

Portfolio 9

Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

Vol. 10 Illustrations

Portfolio 10

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Ten