The North American Indian
by Edward S. Curtis
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About this eBook
- Author
- Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
- Title
- The North American Indian, Vol. 1
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Indians of North America
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 19449
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/19449
- Release Date
- October 3, 2006
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Contents — ALPHABET USED IN RECORDING INDIAN TERMS — Illustrations — FOREWORD — GENERAL INTRODUCTION — INTRODUCTION TO VOLUME ONE — THE APACHE
- 2.HISTORICAL SKETCH
- 3.HOMELAND AND LIFE
- 4.MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH
- 5.MEDICINE AND MEDICINE-MEN
- 6.THE MESSIAH CRAZE
- 7.PUBERTY RITE
- 8.DANCE OF THE GODS — THE JICARILLAS
- 9.HOME AND GENERAL CUSTOMS
- 10.MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH
- 11.MIRACLE PERFORMERS
- 12.ORIGIN OF FIRE — THE NAVAHO
- 13.HOME LIFE, ARTS, AND BELIEFS
- 14.HISTORY
- 15.MYTHOLOGY - CREATION MYTH
- 16.MIRACLE PERFORMERS
- 17.LEGEND OF THE HAPPINESS CHANT
- 18.LEGEND OF THE NIGHT CHANT
- 19.CEREMONIES—THE NIGHT CHANT
- 20.MATURITY CEREMONY
- 21.MARRIAGE — APPENDIX
- 22.TRIBAL SUMMARY - THE APACHE
- 23.THE JICARILLAS
- 24.THE NAVAHO — SOUTHERN ATHAPASCAN COMPARATIVE VOCABULARY — INDEX — Footnotes
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