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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Three

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

Illustrations	vii
Introduction	xi
The Teton Sioux	1
General Description	3
Historical Sketch	31
Religion	55
Ceremonies	71
Folk-tale	111
The Yanktonai	119
The Assiniboin	125
Appendix	135
Tribal Summary	137
Note on the Indian Music	142
Hunka-Lowanpi Prayers	151
Dakota Vocabulary	152
High Hawk's Winter-count	159
Biographical Sketches	182
Index	191

Portfolio 3

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

Vol. 4 Illustrations
	Facing Page
The Oath	Frontispiece
Hide Stretching - Apsaroke	4
Hide Scraping - Apsaroke	6
Pack-horse - Apsaroke	8
Hunts To Die - Apsaroke	10
Fog In The Morning - Apsaroke
An Apsaroke Lodge	18
Apsaroke Horse Trappings	20
Apsaroke Woman	22
Apsaroke Mother	24
A Young Horsewoman	26
Playmates - Apsaroke	28
Bird On The Ground	32
Does Everything - Apsaroke	34
A Burial Platform - Apsaroke	36
Scaffold Burial - Apsaroke	38
The Winter Camp - Apsaroke	40
In The Cañon - Apsaroke	42
Apsaroke Youths	44
A Baby Apsaroke	46
Sisters - Apsaroke
Medicine Tripod - Apsaroke	52
Sweat-lodge - Apsaroke	54
Medicine Lodge - Apsaroke	56
Hunts The Enemy - Apsaroke	58
Tobacco Ceremonial Lodge - Apsaroke	64
Tobacco Ceremony - Apsaroke	66
Apsaroke Maiden	68
Flathead Woman - Apsaroke	70
The Eagle Medicine-man - Apsaroke	74
The Sun Dancer - Apsaroke	76
"For strength and visions"	78
The Sun Dance Votary - Apsaroke	80
On Top - Apsaroke	84
The Scout - Apsaroke	86
Old Dog - Apsaroke	88
Big Ox - Apsaroke	90
The Lookout - Apsaroke	94
Apsaroke Camp	96
Hairy Moccasins - Apsaroke	98
Goes Ahead - Apsaroke	100
Moving - Apsaroke	102
Bull Goes Hunting - Apsaroke	104
Approaching Winter - Apsaroke	106
Spotted Jack-rabbit - Apsaroke	108
The Parade - Apsaroke	104
Winter Hunters - Apsaroke	106
A Winter Day - Apsaroke	116
"The chief had a beautiful daughter"	118
Two Leggings Lodge - Apsaroke	120
Site of Abandoned Hidatsa Village	130
Sitting Owl - Hisatsa	132
Lean Wolf - Hidsatsa	134
The Eagle-catcher	136
Hidatsa Man	138
Hidatsa Bull-boat	140
Hidatsa Mother	142
White Duck - Hidatsa	144
Hidatsa Woman	148
Incense over a Medicine Bundle-Hidatsa	150
Long-time Dog - Hidatsa	152
"He perceived an earthen vessel"	156
Rabbit-head - Hidatsa	158
Holds the Eagle - Hidatsa	160
"Crying to the spirits"	166
In the Forest	166
Mother and Child - Apsaroke	178
The Mythic Stone - Hidatsa	184
Home of the Water-monster	186
The Mythic Tree	188
Bull Tongue - Apsaroke	198
Skins Wolf - Apsaroke	206
Young Hairy Wolf - Apsaroke	208
Good Bear - Hidatsa	210

Portfolio 4

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Four
Two Whistles - Apsaroke	plate no. 111
Apsaroke war-chief	plate no. 112
Two Leggings - Apsaroke	plate no. 113
On the Little Bighorn - Apsaroke	plate no. 114
White Man Runs Him - Apsaroke	plate no. 115
Watching for the signal - Apsaroke	plate no. 116
Medicine Crow - Apsaroke	plate no. 117
Hoop On The Forehead - Apsaroke	plate no. 118
Red Wing - Apsaroke	plate no. 120
Bread - Apsaroke	plate no. 121
Spirit of the past - Apsaroke	plate no. 122
Wolf Lies Down - Apsaroke	plate no. 123
Plenty Coups - Apsaroke	plate no. 124
Ready for the charge - Apsaroke	plate no. 125
Going to camp - Apsaroke	plate no. 126
Winter - Apsaroke	plate no. 127
Bull Chief - Apsaroke	plate no. 128
For a winter campaign - Apsaroke	plate no. 129
Autumn - Apsaroke	plate no. 130
Scout in winter - Apsaroke	plate no. 131
Passing the cliff - Apsaroke	plate no. 132
Shot In The Hand - Apsaroke	plate no. 133
Swallow Bird - Apsaroke	plate no. 134
Fish Shows - Apsaroke	plate no. 135
In Black Cañon - Apsaroke	plate no. 136
Chief and his staff - Apsaroke	plate no. 137
Successful raid for the horses - Apsaroke	plate no. 138
Upshaw - Apsaroke	plate no. 139
Mountain fastness - Apsaroke	plate no. 140
Apsaroke medicine tipi	plate no. 141
Wolf - Apsaroke	plate no. 142
Lone Tree - Apsaroke	plate no. 143
Coups Well-Known - Apsaroke	plate no. 144
Wet - Apsaroke	plate no. 145
Sitting Elk - Apsaroke	plate no. 146
Apsaroke war group	plate no. 147

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.

Portfolio 10

Vol.11. The Nootka. The Haida.

Portfolio 11

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

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.

The North American Indian

Contents of Volume Sixteen

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

viii

Illustrations	ix
Introduction	xiii
The Tiwa	1
Isleta	3
Taos	27
The Keres	63
Cochiti	65
Santo Domingo	122
Acoma	169
Laguna	240
Appendix	249
Ancient Jemez Villages	251
Jemez Names for Indian Tribes	252
Cochiti Names for Indian Tribes	252
Taos Names of the Moons	252
Laguna Names of the Moons	253
Isleta Names for Indian Tribes	253
Isleta Relationship Terms	253
Taos Relationship Terms	254
Cochiti Relationship Terms	255
Laguna Relationship Terms	256
Laguna Villages	258
Laguna Names for Indian Tribes	258
Pueblo Population	259
native Names of Pueblos	260
Vocabularies	266
Index	283

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

Portfolio 16

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

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.

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

Contents of Volume Nineteen

Illustrations	ix
Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms	xii
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

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.

Contents of Volume Twenty

Alphabet Used in Recording Eskimo Terms

Illustrations	xi
Introduction	xv
The Alaskan Eskimo	1
Introduction	3
The Nunivak	5
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

Portfolio 20

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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.

Vol. 4 Illustrations

Portfolio 4

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Four

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.