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

 
 
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Portfolio 1


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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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Portfolio 2


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

 
 
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Portfolio 3


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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
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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
 

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

 
 
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Portfolio 5


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

 
 
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Portfolio 6


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

 
 
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Portfolio 7


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

 
  

Vol. 8 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Tsagiglalal, the Guardian of Nihhluidih
Frontispiece
A Typical Nez Perce
Facing page 4
Nez Perce Warrior
6
A Nez Perce
8
Nez Perce Matron
10
Kulkultsalum - Nez Perce
12
Grizzly-bear Ferocious - Nez Perce
14
Half-shorn - Nez Perce
16
No Wings - Nez Perce
18
Nez Perce Profile
20
Fort Lapwai
22
Joseph - Nez Perce
24
Three Eagles - Nez Perce
26
Half Moon - Nez Perce
28
A Young Warrior - Nez Perce
30
Two Moons - Nez Perce
32
Nez Perce Girl
34
A Young Nez Perce
36
Last Home of Joseph - Nez Perce
38
Lodge of the Joseph "Dead Feast " - Nez Perce
40
Nez Perce Sweat-lodge
42
The Scout - Nez Perce
44
Nez Perce Canoe
46
The Old-time Warrior - Nez Perce
48
A Mat Lodge - Umatilla
50
White Bull - Umatilla
52
A Young Umatilla
54
Umatilla Child
56
In the Forest - Cayuse
58
With Her Proudly Decked Horse - Cayuse
Facing page 60
Umatilla Girl
62
Cayuse Type
64
Cayuse Profile
66
Falling On The Land - Cayuse
68
Cayuse Matron
70
Cayuse Youth
72
Cayuse Mother and Child
74
Cayuse Woman
76
A Mountain Home - Umatilla
78
Youth in Holiday Costume - Umatilla
80
Learning to Ride - Cayuse
82
Chinook Female Type
84
Chinook Female Profile
86
Tamlaitk - Namnit
88
Spidis - Wishham
90
Wishham Beadwork
92
Pounding Fish - Wishham
94
Island of the- Dead - Wishham
98
Salmon Fishing - Wishham
100
Wishham Fishing Platform
102
Bone Carving - Cascade
104
Wishham - Female Type
106
Wishham - Female Profile
108
Petroglyphs - Wishham
110
Wishham Basket Worker
112
On the Columbia - Wishham
114
Wishham Man
116
At the Spring - Wishham
118
Mnashwai - Wishham
120
Wishham Young Woman
122
Wishham Girls
126
Water Baskets - Wishham
128
Kyetani - Wishham
130
Wishham Child
132
Below the Cascades
134
Wind Mountain
Facing page 136
Kamagwaith - Cascade
138
Wishham Bowl
140
At the Site of Wahala - Cascade
142
Preparing Salmon - Wishham
146
Map of Nez Perce Territory
160
Daughter of Tamahus - Cayuse
164
Wishham Handicraft
172
Caches at Celilo
174
The Rock Slide - Wishham
176
Lewis and Clark's Landing-place at Nihhluidih
180
Map of Chinook Territory
182
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Portfolio 8

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Eight

 

Chief Joseph - Nez Perce

 plate no. 256

Yellow Bull - Nez Perce

 plate no.257

Typical Nez Perce

 plate no. 258

Raven Blanket - Nez Perce

 plate no. 259

Night scout - Nez Perce

 plate no. 260

Watching for the signal - Nez Perce

 plate no. 261

Nez Perce warrior

 plate no. 262

Nez Perce brave

 plate no. 263

Lawyer - Nez Perce

 plate no. 264

Black Eagle - Nez Perce

 plate no. 265

Nez Perce babe

 plate no. 266

Piopio-maksmaks – Wallawalla

 plate no. 267

Piopio-maksmaks, profile – Wallawalla

 plate no. 268

Umatilla maid

 plate no. 269

Innocence – Umatilla

 plate no. 270

War chief - Nez Perce

 plate no. 271

Cayuse warrior

 plate no. 272

Holiday trappings – Cayuse

 plate no. 273

Fisherman – Wishham

 plate no. 274

Dip-netting in pools – Wishham

 plate no. 275

Spearing salmon – Wishham

 plate no. 276

Fish carrier – Wishham

 plate no. 277

Wishham girl

 plate no. 278

Wishham girl, profile

 plate no. 279

Wishham woman

 plate no. 280

Wishham bride

 plate no. 281

Hlalakum – Wishham

 plate no. 282

Kashhila – Wishham

 plate no. 283

Wishham maid

 plate no. 284

Columbia near Wind River

 plate no. 285

Lower Columbia

 plate no. 286

Evening on the Columbia

 plate no. 287

Middle Columbia

 plate no. 288

On Klickitat River – A

 plate no. 289

On Klickitat River – B

 plate no. 290

On Klickitat River – C

 plate no. 291

On the beach – Chinook

 plate no. 292
 

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

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

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Contents of Volume Nine

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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In Memory of J. Pierpont Morgan

Introduction

xi

Salishan Tribes of the Coast

1
Cowlitz
5
Upper Chehalis
6
Shoalwater Bay
6
Lower Chehalis
8
Quinault
9
Twana
11
Puget Sound Tribes
14
Clallam
19
Sooke, Songish, Sanetch
25
Samish, Lummi, Semiahmoo
25
Nooksack
30
Squamish
31
Seechelt, Comox
31
Cowichan
32
Culture of the Coast Salish
41
Mythology
117

The Chimakum And The Quilliute

139

The Willapa

151

Appendix

155
Tribal Summary
157
Additional Cowichan Songs
176
Clallam Songs
179

Vocabularies

181
Coast Salish Tribes
182
Quilliute
196
Willapa
199

Index

201

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

Vol. 10 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Tenaktak Wedding Guests
Frontispiece
Sailing - Qagyuhl
Facing page 4
Nimkish Village at Alert Bay
8
A House-front - Awaitlala
10
A "Begged-from" Cedar
12
A Fair Breeze
14
Preparing Cedar-bark - Nakoaktok
16
A Tsawatenok House-front
18
A Koskimo House
20
A Koskimo Dandy
22
Front Interior Posts of a Koskimo House
24
At Kwaustums Village
26
The Octopus Catcher - Qa'gyuhl
28
Ready for the Cast - Qa'gyuhl
30
Tenaktak Canoes
32
Tenaktak House, Harbledown Island
34
At Memkumlis
36
Kwaustums Village, Gilford Island
38
A Kwakiutl Canoe
44
The Hand-game - Qagyuhl
48
A Mamalelekala Chief's Mortuary House
52
Tsawatenok Tree Burial
54
Mamalelekala Cemetery on Village Island
56
Kekuhtlala - Koeksotenok
62
Naemahlpunkfuma - Hahuamis
66
Lagyus - Tsawatenok
70
Tlahleelis - Koprino
74
Gyalkum - Koskimo
78
Nultsi - Lekwiltok
82
Yumqas - Mamalelekala
Facing page 86
Tsawatenok Girl
90
Twin Child Healer - Koskimo (a)
92
Twin Child Healer (b)
94
Nakoaktok Warrior
98
Crossing the Strait
104
Embarking
108
Crests of a Nimkish Family
138
Tenaktak Crest Posts, Harbledown Island
140
Nakoaktok Chief and Copper
146
PaqusilaIh Emerging from the Woods - Qagyuhl
158
Kaloqutsuis - Koskimo
160
Kaloqutsuis - Qagyuhl
162
Nu'nalalahl - Qagyuhl
164
Paqusilahl - Qagyuhl
166
Hamatsa Emerging from the Woods - Koskimo
172
A Nakoaktok Mawihl
174
A Nakoaktok Mawihl
176
Nunhltsistalahl - Qagyuhl
178
Hamatsa - Qagyuhl
182
Nane - Qagyuhl
184
Tsunukwalah - Qagyuhl
186
A Hamatsa Costume - Nakoaktok
194
Grizzly-bear Dancer - Qagyuhl
202
An Incident of the Winter Dance - Nakoaktok
210
Sisiutl Dancer - Qagyuhl
212
Sisiutl - Qagyuhl
214
Nuhlimahla - Qagyuhl
216
Hamasilahl - Qagyuhl
228
Tawihyilahl - Qagyuhl
230
Qunhulahl - Qagyuhl
232
Kwahwumhl - Koskimo
234
Hami - Koskimo
236
Atlumhl - Koskimo
238
Nuhltmkilaka - Koskimo
240
A Tlu'wulahu Mask - Tsawatenok
Facing page 242
A Tlu'wulahu Costume - Qagyuhl
244
Mask of Octopus Hunter - Qagyuhl
246
Waswaslikyi - Qagyuhl
248
Thunderbirds and Whales
250
Pgwis - Qagyuhl
262
A Koeksotenok House-front
264
Komuqi - Qagyuhl
276
A Tsunukwa at Kwaustums
296
The Octopus Hunter - Qagyuhl
298
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Portfolio 10

List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Ten

 

Painting a hat – Nakoaktok

 plate no. 329

Carved posts at Alert Bay

 plate no. 330

Qa'hila – Koprinok

 plate no. 331

Mowakiu – Tsawatenok

 plate no. 332

Hamasaka in Tlu'wulahu costume with speaker's staff –Qagyuhl

 plate no. 333

Nakoaktok chief's daughter

 plate no. 334

Siwit – Awaitlala

 plate no. 335

Kotsuis and Hohhuq – Nakoaktok

 plate no. 336

Coming for the bride

 plate no. 337

Chief's party – Qagyuhlk

 plate no. 338

On the beach – Nakoaktokk

 plate no. 339

In Kwakiutl waters

 plate no. 340

Koskimo house-post

 plate no. 341

Gathering abalones – Nakoaktok

 plate no. 342

Kwakiutl house-frame

 plate no. 343

Wedding party – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 344

Quatsino Sound

 plate no. 345

Yakotlus - Quatsino, profile

 plate no. 346

Yakotlus – Quatsino

 plate no. 347

Group of winter dancers – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 348

Fire-drill – Koskimo

 plate no. 349

Nimkish village at Alert Bay

 plate no. 350

Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyhl, A

 plate no. 351

Rounding into port – Qagyhl

 plate no. 352

Qagyuhl village at Fort Rupert

 plate no. 353

Koskimo woman

 plate no. 354

Dancing to restore an eclipsed moon – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 355

Sailing – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 356

Wedding guests

 plate no. 357

Masked dancers – Qagyuhl

 plate no. 358

Passing a dreaded point

 plate no. 359

Inland waterway

 plate no. 360

Bridal group

 plate no. 361

Masked dancers in canoes - Qagyuhl, B

 plate no. 362

Tsulniti – Koskimo

 plate no. 363

Chief's daughter - Nakoaktok

 plate no. 364

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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.

 
  

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.

 

The North American Indian

ii
  

Contents of Volume Fifteen

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indians Terms

vi
  

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vii

Introduction

xi

Southern California Shoshoneans

1
The Luisenos
5
The Cahuilla
21

The Dieguenos

37

Plateau Shoshoneans

53
The Mono
55
The Paviotso
66

The Washo

87

Mythology

99
Taqish
101
Suskia, the Giantess
103
Temet'awi', the Magic Hunter
105
The Creation
106
The Creation
110
The Creation
121
The Origin of People
128
Origin Myth
129
Origin Myth
134
Hainanu, the Transformer
135
Tavuu, the Transformer
143
Origin of the Belt of Orion
147
Origin of Pine-nuts and Death
148
Origin Myth
149
The Monster Bird
150
How the Animals Were Named
151
Tamalili and Goji
151
The Women Who Married Stars
154

Appendix

157
Tribal Summary
159
Vocabularies
173

Index

193

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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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
 

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Vol.17. The Tewa. The Zuñi.

 
 
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Portfolio 17


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

 
 
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Portfolio 18


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

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

ii
  

Contents of Volume Nineteen

v
  

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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
 
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Portfolio 19


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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.

 

ii
  

Contents of Volume Twenty

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Eskimo Terms

x
  

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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

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
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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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