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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
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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
 

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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.

 

The North American Indian

ii
  

Contents of Volume Two

v
  

Alphabet used in recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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Introduction

xi

The Pima

1
Tribal Characteristics
3
Ceremonies
11
Creation Myth
14

The Papago

25

The Qahatika

39

The Mohave

45
Habitat, Home Life and Social Customs
47
Creation Myth
56
Ceremonies
58

The Yuma

61
Homeland, Arts and Customs
63
Ceremonies
70
Creation Myth
73

The Maricopa

79
Customs, Arts and Beliefs
81
Creation Myth
86

The Walapai

89

The Havasupai

95

The Apache-Mohave, or Yavapai

103

Appendix

107
Tribal Summary
109
Piman Comparative Vocabulary
118
Yuman Comparative Vocabulary
123

Index

129
 
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Vol.3. The Teton Sioux. The Yanktonai. The Assiniboin.

 
  

Vol. 3 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
The Sioux
Frontispiece
Calico - Ogalala
2
In the Shadow of the Cliff
4
In Camp
6
When Winter Comes
8
Shield - Ogalala
10
Start of a War-party
12
Stands First - Ogalala
14
Good Lance - Ogalala
16
Mother and Child
18
Daughters of a Chief
20
Tipi Construction (A)
22
Tipi Construction (B)
24
Pipe-bags
26
Sioux Maiden
28
Scalp-shirts
30
Iron Plume - Ogalala
32
Short Log - Two Kettle
34
Brule Warriors
36
Struck By Crow - Ogalala
38
Sioux Hunters
40
Scouts
42
Custer Battle-field - Map
44
Custer's Crow Scouts
46
White Man Runs Him
48
Custer Monument
50
White Man Runs Him
52
Red Cloud's Granddaughter
54
Elk Head, and the Sacred Pipe Bundle
56
The Camp
58
Daughter of American Horse
60
Ogalala Child
62
Big Road's Twin Daughters
64
In the Mountains
66
Fasting
68
Slow Bull's Tipi
70
A Prairie Camp
72
Huka-lowapi - Fire-carrier Bringing the Skull
74
Huka-lowapi - " Work-do removes the covering"
76
Huka-lowapi- Painting the Skull
78
Huka-lowapi - The Altar Complete
80
Singing Deeds of Valor
82
Crow Dog - Brule
84
Slow Bull's Wife
86
After the Snow
88
No Flesh - Ogalala
90
The Parley
92
Blue Horse - Ogalala
94
Drying Meat
96
Returned Scout - Ogalala
98
Good Day Woman - Ogalala
100
He Crow - Ogalala
102
Making Camp
104
Kills In Timber - Ogalala
106
Standing Bear - Ogalala
108
Little Hawk - Brule
110
Ring Thunder - Brule
112
Elk Boy - Ogalala
114
Spotted Elk - Brule
116
His Fights - Ogalala
118
A River Camp - Yanktonai
120
Gray Bear - Yanktonai
122
Yellow Horse - Yanktonai
124
Camp Life - Assiniboin
126
An Assiniboin Lodge
128
Long Fox - Assiniboin
130
Good Voice Hawk - Yanktonai
132
Flying Shield - Yanktonai
134
Winter-count - First Period
158
Winter-count- 1540
160
Winter-count - 1680
162
Winter-count - 1701-1727
164
Charge Crow - Yanktonai
180
Eagle Elk - Ogalala
182
Fast Thunder - Ogalala
184
Little Dog - Brule
186
Red Hawk - Ogalala
188
Yellow Hawk - Yanktonai
188
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Three

 

Medicine-man

 plate no. 76

Ogalala war-party

 plate no. 77

Two Strike

 plate no. 78

Sioux chiefs

 plate no. 79

Oasis in the Bad Lands

 plate no. 80

Jack Red Cloud

 plate no. 81

Hollow Horn Bear

 plate no. 82

Sun dancer

 plate no. 83

Slow Bull - Ogalala

 plate no. 84

Brule war-party

 plate no. 85

Gray day in the Bad Lands

 plate no. 86

High Hawk

 plate no. 87

Prairie chief

 plate no. 88

Little Hawk

 plate no. 89

Hukalowapi ceremony

 plate no. 90

Prayer to the Mystery

 plate no. 91

Fast Elk

 plate no. 92

Sioux camp

 plate no. 93

Ogalala woman

 plate no. 94

In the land of the Sioux

 plate no. 95

Ogalala girls

 plate no. 96

Sioux girl

 plate no. 97

Planning a raid

 plate no. 98

Morning attack

 plate no. 99

Heavy load - Sioux

 plate no. 100

Black Eagle - Assiniboin

 plate no. 101

Mosquito Hawk - Assiniboin

 plate no. 102

Red Cloud - Ogalala

 plate no. 103

Crazy Thunder - Ogalala

 plate no. 104

Wood gatherer - Sioux

 plate no. 105

Winter camp - Sioux

 plate no. 106

Assiniboin camp

 plate no. 107

American Horse - Ogalala

 plate no. 108

Invocation - Sioux

 plate no. 109

Mountain-sheep hunter - Sioux

 plate no. 110

In the Bad Lands

 plate no. 119
 

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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

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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.

 
  

Vol. 9 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
In the Forest - Quinault
Frontispiece
Shores of Puget Sound
Facing page 4
Shores of Shoalwater Bay
6
On Shoalwater Bay
8
The Mouth of Quinault River
10
On Skokomish River
12
Cowichan Warrior
14
Quinault War Canoes
16
Shoalwater Bay Type
18
Shoalwater Bay Profile
20
Lahkeudup - Skokomish
22
Kalasetsah - Skokomish
24
Bahlkabuh - Skokomish
26
Yalqablu - Skokomish
28
Family Party - Puget Sound
30
Cowichan River
32
Qamutsun Village - Cowichan
34
Henipsum Village - Cowichan
36
Cowichan Woman
38
Primitive Dress - Quinault
40
Shell Ornaments - Quinault
42
Cowichan Houseframe
44
Cowichan Housefront
46
Puget Sound Camp
48
Settling the Net - Quinault
50
Lifting the Net - Quinault
52
Going for Clams - Quinault
54
Digging Clams - Puget Sound
56
Digging Skunk-cabbage Roots
58
Canoe Finishing - Quinault
60
Skokomish Baskets
Facing page 62
Basket Maker
64
Quinault Handiwork
66
Quinault Berry Picker
68
Looking up Cowichan River
70
Goat-hair Blanket
72
Warrior's Scalp Head-dress - Cowichan
74
Warrior's Feather Head-dress - Cowichan
76
Tsatsalaltsa - Quilcene
78
Lotsubelo - Quilcene
80
Gathering Tules - Cowichan
82
Tying the Bundle - Cowichan
84
The Head-strap - Cowichan
86
Homeward Bound - Cowichan
88
Drying Tules - Cowichan
90
Quinault Female Type
92
Quinault Female Profile
94
Kaktsamah - Cowlitz
96
River Canoes - Quinault
98
Quinault Canoes
100
River "Shovelnose" Canoes - Quinault
102
Quinault Girl
104
A Quinault Type
106
Carved Figure - Cowichan
108
A Mat Shelter - Skokomish
110
Tule Gatherers - Puget Sound
112
A Cowichan Mask
114
Masked Dancer - Cowichan
116
Still Life - Puget Sound
118
Grave House - Snohomish
120
On the River - Puget Sound
122
A Primitive Camp
124
On Quinault River
126
A Skokomish Camp
128
Watching for the Salmon - Quinault
130
Quinault Houses
132
Hop Pickers - Puget Sound
Facing page 134
Chimakum Woman
136
Chimakum Female Type
138
Chimakum Female Profile
140
Silto - Quilliute
142
Silto - Quilliute
144
Quilliute Girl
146
Hoh Type
148
Hoh Profile
150
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Nine

 

Primitive Quinault

 plate no.293

Quinault female type

 plate no. 294

Quinault female profile

 plate no. 295

Mouth of Quinault River

 plate no. 296

On Quinault River

 plate no. 297

Hleastunuh – Skokomish

 plate no. 298

Tsatsalatsa – Skokomish

 plate no. 299

Chief's daughter – Skokomish

 plate no. 300

Mat house – Skokomish

 plate no. 301

Fishing camp – Skokomish

 plate no. 302

Quilcene boy

 plate no. 303

Lelehalt – Quilcene

 plate no. 304

Suquamish woman

 plate no. 305

Suquamish girl

 plate no. 306

Squaxon matron

 plate no. 307

Puget Sound type

 plate no. 308

Puget Sound baskets

 plate no. 309

Basket maker

 plate no. 310

Basket carrier

 plate no. 311

Evening on Puget Sound

 plate no. 312

Mussel gatherer

 plate no. 313

Princess Angeline

 plate no. 314

Tule gatherer – Cowichan

 plate no. 315

Sunset on Puget Sound

 plate no. 316

Clam digger

 plate no. 317

Homeward

 plate no. 318

Snoqualmu type

 plate no. 319

Lummi type

 plate no. 320

Lummi woman

 plate no. 321

Cowichan warrior

 plate no. 322

Cowichan girl

 plate no. 323

Spearing salmon – Cowichan

 plate no. 324

Cowichan canoes

 plate no. 325

Masked dancer – Cowichan

 plate no. 326

Cowichan River

 plate no. 327

Quamichan Lake

 plate no. 328
 

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Vol.10. The Kwakiutl.

 

The North American Indian

ii
  

Contents of Volume Ten

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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Introduction

xi

The Kwakiutl

1
General Description
3
Sorcerers, Medicine-men, and Herb-doctors
63
Warriors and Warfare
98
Social Organization
124
Ceremonial Organization and Rites
155
Mythology
245

Appendix

301
Tribal Summary
303
Kwakiutl Songs
311

Vocabularies

327

Index

339
 
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Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

 

The North American Indian

ii
  

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.

 
 
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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.

 
  

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.

 
 
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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

ii
  

Contents of Volume Eighteen

v
  

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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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Contents of Volume Nineteen

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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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