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Vol.1. The Apache. The Jicarillas. The Navaho.

 
 
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Vol.2. The Pima. The Papago. The Qahatika. The Mohave. The Yuma. The Maricopa. The Walapai. The Havasupai. The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai.

 
 
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Vol.3. The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin.

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

 
 
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Vol.5. The Mandan. The Arikara. The Atsina.

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

ii
  

Contents of Volume Five

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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Introduction

xi

The Mandan

1
History and Customs
3
Religious Beliefs and Ceremonies
19
Mythology
39

The Arikara

57
General Description
59
Ceremonies
64
Mythology
80
Folk-tales
86

The Atsina

101
Traditions and History
103
Political and Ceremonial Organization
112
Religion
119
Myths and Tales
123

Appendix

141
Tribal Summary
143
Vocabularies
169
Biographical Sketches
178

Index

185
 
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Vol.6. The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho.

 
 
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Vol.7. The Yakima. The Klickitat. Salishan tribes of the interior. The Kutenai.

 
 
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Vol.8. The Nez Perces. Wallawalla. Umatilla. Cayuse. The Chinookan tribes.

 
 
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Vol.9. The Salishan tribes of the coast. The Chimakum and the Quilliute. The Willapa.

 
 
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Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

 
 
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Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

 

The North American Indian

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Contents of Volume Eleven

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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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
 
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Vol.12. The Hopi.

 
  

Vol. 12 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Nova - Walpi
Frontispiece
The Trail to Shipaulovi
Facing page 4
Approaching the Gap at Walpi
6
Return of a Trading Party
8
On a Walpi Housetop
10
A Visitor
12
Hotavila
14
Pakavi
16
Gossip at the Waterhole
18
Hopi Architecture
20
Household Utensils
22
On a Housetop - Walpi
24
East Mesa Pottery
26
Oraibi Plaques
28
Hano and Walpi Girls Wearing Atoo
30
A Hopi Flock
34
The Delights of Childhood
36
A Cave at Middle Mesa
38
Hopi Bridal Costume
40
A Cornfield
42
Grinding Meal
44
A Melon Field
Walled Gardens at Middle Mensa
46
The Stairway Trail at Walpi
48
Hopi Farmers, Yesterday and Today
50
A Hopi Woman
52
In the Cradle-basket
54
A Hopi Mother
56
A Middle Mesa Albino
60
Drying Pottery
62
Potter Building Her Kiln
64
Firing Pottery
66
An Ancient Pottery Kiln
68
Pele - Tewa
70
Tsetsanu - Tewa
72
Puliini and Koyame - Walpi
74
A Load of Wood
76
Shongopavi
78
The Plaza at Walpi
80
An Afternoon Chat
82
The Weaver
84
Good Morning
86
A Peach Orchard
88
Kachina Dolls
100
Shipaulovi Snake Kiva
106
Spectators at the Snake Dance
122
A Snake Priest
124
Walpi Snake Chief
126
Sikyaletstiwa - Shipaulovi Snake Chief
128
The Prayer
130
Snake Priest Entering the Kiva
132
Guarding the Snake Kiva
134
Singing to the Snakes - Shipaulovi
136
Antelopes Starting for the Plaza - Shipaulovi
138
Snakes and Antelopes at Oraibi
140
Snake Dancer and "Hugger"
142
The "Catcher"
144
A "Catcher" Picking up a Snake
146
Picking up the Snakes
148
Depositing Snakes in the Circle of Meal
150
Oraibi Snake Dance
152
Oraibi Snake Dance
154
Awaiting the Return of the Snake Racers
156
Snake Jars in the Kiva
158
Flute Dancers Dressing at Kachina House
160
Dressing the Flute Maiden
162
Flute Boys, Priest, and Maidens
164
Flute Dancers Approaching the Spring
166
Dressing at Tawapa Spring, Walpi Flute Ceremony
168
Entering the Spring, Walpi Flute Dance
170
Flute Dancers Returning to Walpi
172
Offering Sacred Meal, Mishongnovi Flute Dance
174
Sumaikuli Katsina at Hano
176
Buffalo Dance at hano
178
An East Mesa Girl
180
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Twelve

 

Loitering at the spring

 plate no. 400

Buffalo dance at Hano

 plate no. 401

Tewa girl

 plate no. 402

Hopi mother

 plate no. 403

Antelopes and snakes at Oraibi

 plate no. 404

Watching the dancers

 plate no. 405

Hopi girl

 plate no. 406

Evening in Hopi land

 plate no. 407

Honovi - Walpi snake priest, with Totokya Day painting

 plate no. 408

On the housetop

 plate no. 409

Walpi

 plate no. 410

Hopi woman

 plate no. 411

Hopi maiden

 plate no. 412

Counting the record

 plate no. 413

Chaiwa – Tewa

 plate no. 414

Chaiwa - Tewa, profile

 plate no. 415

At the trysting place

 plate no. 416

East side of Walpi

 plate no. 417

Snake priest

 plate no. 418

Potter mixing clay

 plate no. 419

Hopi man

 plate no. 420

Hopi architecture

 plate no. 421

Snake dancers entering the plaza

 plate no. 422

Primitive style of hairdressing

 plate no. 423

Walpi man

 plate no. 424

Mishongnovi

 plate no. 425

Potter

 plate no. 426

East mesa girls

 plate no. 427

Modified style of hairdressing

 plate no. 428

Walpi snake priest

 plate no. 429

Snake dancer in costume

 plate no. 430

Flute dancers at Tureva Spring

 plate no. 431

Piki maker

 plate no. 432

Depositing a prayer-stick

 plate no. 433

Tewa girl

 plate no. 434

Water carriers

 plate no. 435
 

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

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

 

The North American Indian

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Contents of Volume Fourteen

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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
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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

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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
 

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Vol.16. The Tiwa. The Keres.

 
  

Vol. 16 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
A narrow street - Laguna
Frontispiece
Francisca Chiwiwi - Isleta
4
Cave dwelling near Jemez
6
A street in Jemez
8
An Isleta boy
10
An Isleta woman
14
An Isleta girl
16
An Isleta potter
18
Felicia - Isleta
20
Isleta kiva
22
Tsola - "Chipmunk", Jemez governor
24
A Jemez fiscal
26
A corner of Taos and a kiva entrance
28
Pecos in ruins
30
Old house and kiva at Picuris
32
Jemez houses
34
In the forest - Taos
40
Threshing wheat - Taos
42
Tapa - "Antelope Water" - Taos
44
Walvia - "Medicine Root" - Taos
46
Picuris harvest dance
50
Iahla - "Willow" - Taos
52
A Taos girl
54
Pavia - Taos
56
A Taos maid
58
Santa Ana and Jemez River
66
Old Cochiti
68
Partially excavated kivi, old Cochiti
70
Ruins of the church at Gyusiwa
72
Hope - Jemez
74
Santana Quintana - Cochiti
76
Ti'mu - Cochiti
78
Tsi'yone - "Flying" - Sia
80
Tsaiyatsa - Cochiti
82
A Santa Ana man
88
Sia footgear
90
Ka'yati - Sia
94
A Sia man
96
Tsipiai - Sia
98
A Cochiti woman
100
Tyo'oni Shiwanna mask - Cochita
108
Sia war-dancer
114
A Santo Domingo man
126
Sotsona - "Fox" - Santo Domingo
128
Pishkuty - "Cornstalk" - Santo Domingo
132
Native drawings of Santo Domingo masks
152
Wall-painting for the summer Shiwanna ceremony - Santo Domingo
154
Cliff-perched Acoma
168
Crumbling walls of the old church - Acoma
170
The enchanted mesa
176
The Acoma and the enchanted mesa
178
Acoma from the churchtop
198
A morning chat - Acoma
202
Native conception of a kopishtaia with mask and tablita - Acoma
204
An Acoma man
206
Church and cemetery - Acoma
208
Among the rocks - Acoma
212
Native conception of Histiani-Kowasutyi - "Flint-wing", the Thunderbird - Acoma
214
Mission and church at Acoma
216
Fiesta of San Estevan, A - Acoma
218
Fiesta of San Estevan, B - Acoma
220
Procession of San Estevan, A - Acoma
222
Procession of San Estevan, B - Acoma
224
Depositing San Estevan in the booth - Acoma
226
Laguna cooking-pot and Acoma water-jars
228
Turivio Waconda - Paguate
230
Hiyortsa - Paguate
232
Laguna house
234
A corner of Laguna
236
Laguna architecture
238
Laguna
240
Laguna water-jar
242
Paguate watchtower
244
A second-story apartment at Paguate
248
Excavated ruins at Gyusiwa - Jemez Springs
250
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Sixteen

 

Taos water girls

 plate no. 544

Iahla ("Willow") – Taos

 plate no. 545

North pueblo at Taos

 plate no. 546

Walvia ("Medicine Root") – Taos

 plate no. 547

Taos woman

 plate no. 548

Isleta man

 plate no. 549

Francisca Chiwiwi – Isleta

 plate no. 550

Jemez architecture

 plate no. 551

Jemez fiscal

 plate no. 552

Tuvahe – Jemez

 plate no. 553

Cochiti and Sia pottery

 plate no. 554

Ti'mu – Cochiti

 plate no. 555

Aiyowitsa – Cochiti

 plate no. 556

Lucero - Santo Domingo

 plate no. 557

Kyello - Santo Domingo

 plate no. 558

On a Sia housetop

 plate no. 559

Sia buffalo mask

 plate no. 560

Shuati – Sia

 plate no. 561

Sia street scene

 plate no. 562

Sia buffalo mask

 plate no. 563

Acoma belfry

 plate no. 564

Feast day at Acoma

 plate no. 565

Acoma from the south

 plate no. 566

Old trail at Acoma

 plate no. 567

Acoma water carriers

 plate no. 568

At the gateway – Acoma

 plate no. 569

Acoma Roadway

 plate no. 570

At the old well of Acoma

 plate no. 571

An Acoma Woman

 plate no. 572

Acoma Water Girls

 plate no. 573

Paguate

 plate no. 574

Laguna architecture

 plate no. 575

Replastering a Paguate house

 plate no. 576

Laguna watchtower

 plate no. 577

Paguate entrance

 plate no. 578

Paguate watchtower

 plate no. 579
 

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Vol.17. The Tewa. The Zuñi.

 

The North American Indian

ii
  

Contents of Volume Seventeen

v
  

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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
 
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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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Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

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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.

 

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Introduction

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The Alaskan Eskimo

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Introduction
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The Nunivak

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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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