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.

Portfolio 3

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

Portfolio 4

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

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Five

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
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

Portfolio 5

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

Vol. 6 Illustrations
	Facing Page
Red Plume - Piegan	Frontispiece
Piegan Camp	Facing page 4
Piegan Lodge	6
Mountain Chief - Piegan	8
Two Medicine River - Piegan	10
A Prairie Camp - Piegan	12
A Buffalo-fall - Piegan	14
Piegan War-bonnet and Coup-stick	16
Lodge Interior - Piegan	18
The Grizzly-bear - Piegan	20
Camp in the Foot-hills - Piegan	22
Piegan Woman	24
Overlooking the Camp - Piegan	26
A Grave-house - Piegan	28
A Piegan Home	30
Navel-amulets - Piegan	36
In the Lodge - Piegan	38
Goldenrod Meadows - Piegan	40
The Crier - Piegan	42
Return to Faster's Lodge - Piegan	44
The Pledger - Piegan	46
Return with Willows - Piegan	48
Substitute Sacred Head-dress - Piegan	50
Piegan Dancers	52
The Whistler - Piegan	54
The Sun-lodge - Piegan	56
Day-dreams - Piegan	58
Camp by a Prairie Lake - Piegan	60
Piegan Girls	62
A Child's Lodge - Piegan	Facing page 64
Buffalo-stones - Piegan	66
Medicine-bags - Piegan	68
Running Owl - Piegan	70
A Favorite Cheyenne Costume	72
Cheyenne Woman	74
Wood Gatherers - Cheyenne	76
Cheyenne Matron	78
Cheyenne Man	80
Cheyenne Female Profile	82
Cheyenne Female Type	86
Sun Dance Pledgers - Cheyenne	88
Return of Scouts - Cheyenne	90
Warrior Society Encircling Camp - Cheyenne	92
Cutting the Centre-pole - Cheyenne	94
Return with Boughs - Cheyenne	96
Boughs for the Altar - Cheyenne	98
Departure from Preparation Lodge - Cheyenne	100
Lame Deer Monuments - Cheyenne	102
Offering Pipe to the Earth - Cheyenne	104
Offering Pipe to the Skull - Cheyenne	106
Priests Passing before Pipe - Cheyenne	108
Painting the Poles - Cheyenne	110
Before the Final Journey - Cheyenne	112
Crazy Dancers - Cheyenne	114
Animal Dance - Cheyenne	116
Sweat-lodge Frame - Cheyenne	118
Devotees en Route - Cheyenne	120
Building the Sun-lodge - Cheyenne	122
Beginning of the Altar - Cheyenne	124
The Altar - Cheyenne	126
Sun Dance in Progress - Cheyenne	128
Gray Dawn - Cheyenne	130
Dancing - Cheyenne	132
Cheyenne Young Woman	134
The Ancient Arapaho	136
A Smoke - Arapaho	Facing page 138
Good Man - Arapaho	140
Arapaho Maiden	142
Arapaho Youth	144
Arapaho Camp	146
Eagle Chief - Arapaho	148
Arapaho Water Girl	150
Stone Grave - Cheyenne	156
Mother and Child - Arapaho	158
On Little Powder River - Arapaho	164

Portfolio 6

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Six
Piegan	plate no. 184
Morning Eagle – Piegan	plate no. 185
Painted lodges – Piegan	plate no. 186
Tearing Lodge – Piegan	plate no. 187
In a Piegan lodge	plate no. 188
White Calf – Piegan	plate no. 189
Two Bear Woman – Piegan	plate no.190
Double Runner - Piegan	plate no.191
Sun dance encampment – Piegan	plate no.192
Travaux – Piegan	plate no. 193
Gambler – Piegan	plate no. 194
At the water's edge – Piegan	plate no. 195
Yellow Kidney – Piegan	plate no.196
Idle hour – Piegan	plate no. 197
Grizzly-bear brave – Piegan	plate no. 198
Medicine-pipe – Piegan	plate no. 199
New Chest – Piegan	plate no. 200
Crow Eagle – Piegan	plate no. 201
Middle Calf – Piegan	plate no. 202
Weasel Tail – Piegan	plate no. 203
Old person – Piegan	plate no. 204
Bringing the sweat-lodge willows – Piegan	plate no. 205
Iron Breast – Piegan	plate no. 206
Piegan encampment	plate no. 207
Piegan dandy	plate no. 208
Three chiefs – Piegan	plate no. 209
Cheyenne type	plate no. 210
Cheyenne profile	plate no. 211
Cheyenne girl	plate no. 212
Two Moons – Cheyenne	plate no. 213
At the ford – Cheyenne	plate no. 214
Camp in the cottonwoods – Cheyenne	plate no. 215
Porcupine – Cheyenne>	plate no. 216
Camp in the cottonwoods - Cheyenne	plate no. 217
Waiting in the forest - Cheyenne	plate no. 218
Little Wolf – Cheyenne	plate no. 219

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.

Portfolio 8

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.

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.

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.

Portfolio 17

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

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Eighteen

Illustrations	vii
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

Portfolio 18

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

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.

Vol. 20 Illustrations
	Facing Page
On Kotzebue Sound	Frontispiece
Map Showing the Dialects and Hunting Territories of the Coast Eskimo of Alaska	3
Mihkoyak, a Nunivak Village	6
Ground-plan, Roof-plan, and Section of Eskimo Men's House	8
Mihkoyak, Men's House at Winter Camp - Nunivak	12
At Nash Harbor, Nunivak	16
Baninaguh - Nunivak	20
Waterproof Parkas - Nunivak	24
Girl's Costume - Nunivak	28
Holiday Costume - Nunivak	30
Duck-skin Parkas - Nunivak	32
Fish-drying Racks - Nunivak	34
Nunivak Youth	38
Jukuk - Nunivak	42
Kaiak Frame - Nunivak	44
Kaiak on Rack - Nunivak	48
Kaiak with Seal Hunting Equipment - Nunivak	52
Ready for the Throw - Nunivak	54
A Nunivak Hunter	56
Sled - Nunivak	58
Chahali - Nunivak	60
Line Stretching Posts - Nunivak	62
Herring Racks - Nunivak	64
Kenowun - Nunivak	66
Dahchihtok - Nunivak	68
Jukuk - Nunivak	72
Dishes - Nunivak	74
Baskets - Nunivak	78
Ceremonial Mask - Nunivak	80
Maskette - Nunivak	82
The Ivory Carver - Nunivak	86
Hooper Bay Homes	88
Hooper Bay Man	90
Ukowuhhuh - Hooper Bay	92
Drying Whale Meat - Hooper Bay	94
Food Caches - Hooper Bay	96
A Grave-post - Hooper Bay	98
King Island	100
Looking to Sea - King Island	102
On the Cliff Edge - King Island	104
Housetops, King Island	106
Nuktaya, King Island	108
Drilling ivory, King Island	110
The bow-drill, King Island	112
Village at Little Diomede	114
Home structure, Diomede	116
Underground house tops with whale-rib drying rack, Diomede	118
Walrus boats, Big Diomede in distance	122
Drying walrus hide, Diomede	124
Siluk, Diomede	128
Diomede girl	132
Tahopik, Diomede	134
Home structure, Cape Prince of Wales	136
Start of whale hunt, Cape Prince of Wales	140
Umiak and crew, Cape Prince of Wales	144
Aiyak, Cape Prince of Wales	148
Koaninok, Cape Prince of Wales	152
Oksiwik, Cape Prince of Wales	158
Berry-pickers, Kotzebue	162
The beluga, Kotzebue	168
Cutting up a beluga, Kotzebue	172
Food containers, pokes, Kotzebue	178
Umiak frame, Kotzebue	182
Umiak, Kotzebue	186
The umiak, Kotzebue	190
Noatak village	194
Noatak home	196
At Noatak village	198
The seal-hunter - Noatak	200
Noatak man	202
Noatak child	204
Bark dishes, Kobuk	208
On the Selawik River	226
At Selawik	228
Kihsuk, Selawik	230
Selawik women	234
Selawik woman	236
Selawik girl	238

Portfolio 20

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Twenty
Nunivak children	plate no. 688
Reindeer – Nunivak	plate no. 689
Boys in kaiak – Nuniva	plate no. 690
Kenowun – Nunivak	plate no. 691
Drummer – Nunivak	plate no. 692
Ugiyaku – Nunivak	plate no. 693
Woman and child – Nunivak	plate no. 694
Ready for sealing – Nunivak	plate no. 695
Uyowutcha – Nunivak	plate no. 696
Ugiyaku - Nunivak	plate no. 697
Hooper Bay Youth	plate no. 698
Village - Hooper Bay	plate no. 699
King Island village from the sea	plate no. 700
King Island village	plate no. 701
King Island homes	plate no. 702
Qunaninru - King Island	plate no. 703
Launching the boat - Little Diomede Island	plate no. 704
Diomede boat crew, Asiatic shore in distance	plate no. 705
Old stone house - Diomede Island	plate no. 706
Launching the whale boat - Cape Prince of Wales	plate no. 707
Cape Prince of Wales man	plate no. 708
Whaling crew - Cape Prince of Wales	plate no. 709
A Kotzebue man	plate no. 710
Foggy day – Kotzebue	plate no. 711
Starting up the Noatak River – Kotzebue	plate no. 712
Jackson, interpreter at Kotzebue	plate no. 713
Muskrat-hunter – Kotzebue	plate no. 714
Arriving home – Noatak	plate no. 715
Ola - Noatak	plate no. 716
Family group – Noatak	plate no. 717
Noatak kayaks	plate no. 718
Nungoktok – Noatak	plate no. 719
Jajuk – Selawik	plate no. 720
Charlie Wood – Kobuk	plate no. 721
Kobuk costume	plate no. 722

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