The North American Indian

Edward S. Curtis

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Title: The North American Indian

Author: Edward S. Curtis

Release Date: October 3, 2006 [Ebook 19449]

Language: English

***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN***

The Pool - Apache From Copyright Photograph 1906 by E.S. Curtis

The North American Indian

Being A Series The Indians Of

Of Volumes Picturing And Describing The United States And Alaska

Written, Illustrated, And Published By Edward S. Curtis

Edited By Frederick Webb Hodge

Foreword By Theodore Roosevelt

Field Research Conducted Under The Patronage Of J. Pierpont Morgan

In Twenty Volumes This, The First Volume, Published In The Year Nineteen Hundred And Seven

JOHNSON REPRINT CORPORATION 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10003

JOHNSON REPRINT COMPANY LTD. Berkeley Square House, London, W1X6BA

Copyright 1907, by Edward S. Curtis Landmarks in Anthropology, a series of reprints in cultural anthropology General Editor:Weston La Barre First reprinting 1970, Johnson Reprint Corporation

Contents

GENERAL INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME ONE . . . THE APACHE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HISTORICAL SKETCH . . . . . . . . . HOMELAND AND LIFE . . . . . . . . . MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH . . MEDICINE AND MEDICINE-MEN . . . THE MESSIAH CRAZE . . . . . . . . . PUBERTY RITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANCE OF THE GODS . . . . . . . . . THE JICARILLAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOME AND GENERAL CUSTOMS . . MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH . . MIRACLE PERFORMERS . . . . . . . ORIGIN OF FIRE . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE NAVAHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOME LIFE, ARTS, AND BELIEFS . . HISTORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH . . MIRACLE PERFORMERS . . . . . . . LEGEND OF THE HAPPINESS CHANT LEGEND OF THE NIGHT CHANT . . . CEREMONIES—THE NIGHT CHANT . MATURITY CEREMONY . . . . . . . . MARRIAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TRIBAL SUMMARY - THE APACHE . THE JICARILLAS . . . . . . . . . . . . THE NAVAHO . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SOUTHERN ATHAPASCAN COMPARATIVE VO- CABULARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

ALPHABET USED IN RECORDING INDIAN TERMS

[The consonants are as in English, except when otherwise noted]

a  â ai e  i - o O ô oi u m ü å h q th w

as in father as in cat asawin awl as in aisle aseyin they as in net as in machine as in sit as in old as in not asowin how as in oil as in ruin as in nut as in German hütte as in push always aspirated asquin quick as in thaw as in wild

y ch sh n zh '

as in year as in church as in shall, sash nasal, as in French dans aszin azure a pause

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