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

 
 
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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.

 

THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN

ii
  

Contents of Volume Three

v
  

Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

vi
  

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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
 
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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.

 
  

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
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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
 

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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.

 
 
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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.

 

The North American Indian

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Contents of Volume Thirteen

v
  

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Alphabet Used in Recording Indian Terms

x

Introduction

xi

The Hupa

1

The Yurok

35

The Karok

55

The Wiyot

65

Tolowa and Tututni

89

The Shasta

103

The Achomawi

127

The Klamath

159

Mythology

181
The Gambler of Miskut Wins Good Luck
183
Origin of Medicine for Purifying Defiled Hunters and Weapons
184
Some Adventures of Coyote
184
Pulukuhl-qerreq, the Transformer
185
The Shinny Player of Kewet
187
Some Adventures of Coyote, the Trickster
189
Wahpeku-mau, Seducer of Women
190
Origin of the World
190
Puchur-ghurru, the Transformer
191
The First Shamans
192
How Salmon Were Brought to the Rivers
193
The First Deerskin Dance
195
The Cause of Lightning
195
The Pleiades and Their Pursuer
196
How the Bay Became Salt
196
The Man Who Became a Dog
196
The Sleepy Youth Who Was Saved by Adak-sora-hlukihl
197
Origin of Tobacco
198
The Man Who Caught the Ocean Cougars
199
Hair-seal He Played
199
Gull's Grandmother
200
The Man Who Visited the Creek Spirits
200
Lizard Boy and Grizzly-bear
201
Coyote and Raccoon
202
Beaver Overcomes Coyote
203
Coyote Destroys the Moons Who Kept the Earth Frozen
204
Destruction of the Itssuruqai Monsters
204
Horsefly Outwits Thunder
206
Why Frogs Are in the Water
206
The Creation
206
The Creation
210
Aissis
210
Why There Are No Fish in Crater Lake
212

Appendix

215
Tribal Summary
217

Vocabularies

241
Athapascan
243
Hokan
253
Algonquian
263
Lutuamian
272

Index

277

Vol. 13 Illustrations

 
 
Facing Page
Fishing from a Platform
Frontispiece
Hupa Man
4
Hupa Woman
6
Hupa Baskets
8
Hupa Purses and Money
10
Hupa House
12
Hupa Sweat-House
14
Broken Fish-weir
16
Sticks Used in Hupa Guessing Game
18
Hupa Matron
20
Hupa Woman's Dress
22
Hupa Basket and Purses
24
Hupa Fisherman
26
Hupa Female Shaman
28
White Deerskin Dance Costume - Hupa
30
Dancer with Black Deer Effigy - Hupa
32
Obsidian-bearer, White Deerskin Dance - Hupa
34
Modern Hupa House
36
Costume of the Obsidian-bearer - Hupa
38
Dip-netting at the Sugar Bowl - Hupa
40
Watching for Salmon - Hupa
42
Hupa Canoe
44
Hupa Salmon-fishing
48
The Forest Stream
48
Hupa War-chief
50
A House at Wakhtek - Yurok
52
Yurok Houses at Weitspus
54
Entrance to a Yurok Sweat-house
56
Modern Yurok House
60
Yurok House on Klamath River
62
An Ancient Yurok
64
Bob Peters - Trinidad Yurok
68
Weitchpec George - Yurok
70
A Yurok Widow
72
A Yurok Cemetery
74
Yurok Fisherman
76
In the Shadow - Yurok
80
Fishing for Smelt in the Surf - Trinidad Yurok
80
Old Sweat-house Walls at Orleans Bar - Karok
82
Karok House at Soames Bar
84
The Mush-Basket
86
Karok Woman
92
Old Bob - Karok
94
Tolowa Man
96
On the Shores of the Pacific - Tolowa
98
Tolowa Tattooing
100
A Tolowa
102
Elk-horn Spoons - Tolowa
106
Measuring Shell Money - Tolowa
108
Tolowa Basket-maker
110
Tolowa Type
112
Achomawi Man
130
Achomawi Woman
132
Achomawi Summer Hut
136
Achomawi Mother and Child
136
An Achomawi
138
Achomawi Matron
140
Klamath Duck-hunter
142
Klamath Child
144
Thinking of the Old Days - Klamath
146
Gathering Basket Material - Klamath
148
Klamath Woman
150
A Klamath Costume
152
Among the Tules - Klamath
154
A Klamath Profile
156
Praying to the Spirits at Crater Lake - Klamath
158
Day Dreams - Crater Lake
162
A Klamath in Costume
164
Klamath Tule Hut
166
The Wokas Harvest - Klamath
168
Grinding Wokas - Klamath
170
Gathering Wokas
172
A Klamath Head-dress
174
Klamath Matron
176
Klamath Canoe
178
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Thirteen

 

Klamath woman

 plate no. 436

Sam Ewing – Yurok

 plate no. 437

Karok baskets

 plate no. 438

Hupa trout-trap

 plate no. 439

Old Klamath woman

 plate no. 440

A Klamath

 plate no. 441

Hupa jumping dance costume

 plate no. 442

Yurok canoe on Trinity River

 plate no. 443

Yurok canoe on Trinity River

 plate no. 444

Wife of Modoc Henry – Klamath

 plate no. 445

A Klamath type

 plate no. 446

Fishing from canoe – Hupa

 plate no. 447

In the forest – Klamath

 plate no. 448

Klamath warrior's headdress

 plate no. 449

Hupa mother and child

 plate no. 450

Hupa woman

 plate no. 451

Salmon stream

 plate no. 452

Hupa fisherman

 plate no. 453

Spearing salmon

 plate no. 454

Tolowa dancing headdress

 plate no. 455

Klamath lake marshes

 plate no. 456

Yurok drummer

 plate no. 457

Klamath hunter

 plate no. 458

Fish-weir across Trinity River – Hupa

 plate no. 459

Gathering wokas – Klamath

 plate no. 460

Woman's primitive dress – Tolowa

 plate no. 461

Wokas season – Klamath

 plate no. 462

Crater Lake

 plate no. 463

Achomawi basket-maker

 plate no. 464

Fishing platform on Trinity River – Hupa

 plate no. 465

Achomawi man

 plate no.466

Principal female shaman of the Hupa

 plate no. 467

Hupa woman in primitive costume

 plate no. 468

Smelt fisher - Trinidad Yurok

 plate no. 469

Chief – Klamath

 plate no. 470

Smoky day at the Sugar Bowl – Hupa

 plate no. 471

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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.

 
 
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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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Facing Page
The Washita
Frontispiece
A Wichita matron
36
Walter Ross - Wichita
38
Old grass-house - Wichita
40
Interior of Wichita grass-house
42
Wichita summer arbor
44
Ceremonial house - Wichita
46
Wichita mortar
48
Peeling pumpkins - Wichita
50
Peeled squash - Wichita
52
Braided squash - Wichita
54
The buffalo plains
60
The dance - Wichita
64
Dancers - Wichita
66
A Wichita dancer
68
Skidi and Wichita dancers
70
Modern dance costume - Pawnee
74
Woman's costume - Cheyenne
76
Cheyenne child
78
Cheyenne baby-carrier
80
Cheyenne footwear
82
Old Crow - Cheyenne
84
Wife of Old Crow - Cheyenne
86
Black Wolf - Cheyenne
88
Wife of Howling Wolf - Cheyenne
90
Red Bird - Cheyenne
92
Man On The Cloud - Cheyenne
94
Magpie - Cheyenne
96
Drying meat - Cheyenne
108
Chiefs in the sun dance parade - Cheyenne
110
Hivihhnihpoih Society, Cheyenne sun dance
112
Hefatyu Society, Cheyenne sun dance
114
Preparatory lodge, Cheyenne sun dance
116
Sun dance lodge - Cheyenne
118
Interior of sun dance lodge - Cheyenne
120
Sun dancers - Cheyenne
122
Buffalo society, animal dance - Cheyenne
124
Buffalo dancers, animal dance - Cheyenne
126
Animal dance - Cheyenne
128
Brush huts, animal dance encampment - Cheyenne
130
Brush lodge - Cheyenne
132
The clowns, animal dance - Cheyenne
134
The wolf, animal dance - Cheyenne
136
Deer society, animal dance - Cheyenne
138
Healing rite of the Deer society, animal dance - Cheyenne
140
Black Man - Arapaho
142
An Arapaho
144
Arapaho shield
146
Seeing High - Oto
152
Standing On The Earth - Oto
154
Oto puberty lodge
156
Wife of Wakonda - Oto
158
White Elk - Oto
160
A little Oto
162
Big Heart - Osage
164
Osage summer arbor
166
Frame of Osage arbor
168
A Ponca dancer
170
White Weasel - Ponca
172
The Whip - Ponca
174
First Walker - Ponca
176
Kicha - Comanche
182
Pakewa - Comanche
184
Comanche mothers
186
A little Comanche
188
Comanche footwear
190
A Comanche child
192
A Comanche girl
194
Wilbur Peebo - Comanche
196
The story-teller - Ponca
200
White Deer - Ponca
202
Oscar Makes Cry - Ponca
204
Frame of peyote sweat-lodge
206
Altar peyote with rattle - Osage
208
A Cheyenne peyote leader
210
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List of Large Plates Supplementing Volume Nineteen

 

As it was in the old days

 plate no. 652

A Wichita

 plate no. 653

Wichita grass-house

 plate no. 654

Grass-house ceremony – Wichita

 plate no. 655

Henry – Wichita

 plate no. 656

Walter Ross – Wichita

 plate no. 657

Story of the Washita

 plate no. 658

On the Canadian River

 plate no. 659

Cheyenne sun-dance lodge

 plate no. 660

Hotamitaye Society, Cheyenne sun-dance

 plate no. 661

Water rite purification, Cheyenne animal dance

 plate no. 662

At the pool, animal dance – Cheyenne

 plate no. 663

Cheyenne chief

 plate no. 664

Lone Chief – Cheyenne

 plate no. 665

Cheyenne costume

 plate no. 666

Cheyenne maiden

 plate no. 667

Dog woman – Cheyenne

 plate no. 668

Woista - Cheyenne woman

 plate no. 669

Reuben Taylor (Istofhuts) – Cheyenne

 plate no. 670

Black Belly – Cheyenne

 plate no. 671

Old Cheyenne

 plate no. 672

Old warrior – Arapaho

 plate no. 673

Black Man – Arapaho

 plate no. 674

Standing Two – Oto

 plate no. 675

Lone Chief – Oto

 plate no. 676

Wakonda – Oto

 plate no. 677

Pipe-stem – Oto

 plate no. 678

Old Eagle – Oto

 plate no. 679

John Abbott – Osage

 plate no. 680

John Quapaw - Hunta Wakunta

 plate no. 681

Esipermi – Comanche

 plate no. 682

Lefthand – Comanche

 plate no. 683

Uwat – Comanche

 plate no. 684

A Comanche mother

 plate no. 685

A Comanche

 plate no. 686

Peyote drummer

 plate no. 687
 

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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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Contents of Volume Twenty

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Alphabet Used in Recording Eskimo Terms

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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
Collapse the Illustrations and Portfolio of Volume 20

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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