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

 

  

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

i
  

Contents of Volume One

v
  

Alphabet Used In Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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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
 
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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.

 
 
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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.

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

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Contents of Volume Eight

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

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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.

 
 
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Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

 
 
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Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

 
 
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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.

 
 
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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.

 
 
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Vol.17. The Tewa. The Zuñi.

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

 

The North American Indian

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Contents of Volume Eighteen

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Alphabet Used in Recording Indians Terms

x

Introduction

xi

The Chipewyan

1

The Western Woods Cree

53

The Sarsi

89

Mythology

123
Be-tsune-yenehlshai, His Grandmother She-reared-him
125
Bozeli-aze, Powerless Small
126
Tseqi Tsatsane Hehohl'ai, Woman Copper She-found
127
The First Beavers
128
Dza-ghal-iaze, Lower-leg Trembles Little
128
Da-tsa-thi, Beak Excrement [Raven] Head
129
Niyanimis Overcomes Cold
129
Origin of the Sun Dance
131
Some Adventures of Wisakechahk, The Trickster
132
Isqeu Ka-napeu Isihut, Woman Like-man Dressed
133
The Chief's Son Who Wanted an Otter-skin
134
Missu-ghunnisagha, His-grandmother Reared-him
136
The Girl Who Married a Star
140
The Creation
141
Sarsi Migration Myth
141
His Brother Chopped the Tree Down with Him in the Water
141
Natuusughu-sitinne, Snake Sleeping
143

Appendix

145
Tribal Summary
147

Vocabularies

199
Chipewyan
201
Cree
205
Sarsi
210
Northern Assiniboin
214

Index

219
 
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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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