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The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis
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Volume 18: The Chipewyan. The Western woods Cree. The Sarsi

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A Blackfoot 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Frontispiece
A Chipewyan tipi 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 4
Nasurethur (Chipewyan) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 6
Nasurethur, profile (Chipewyan) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 8
A Chipewyan woman 1926 19.3 x 14.3 24 x 17 Facing page 10
Camp among the aspens (Chipewyan) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 12
Berry-pickers in camp (Chipewyan) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 14
Calling a moose (Cree) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 16
A Cree 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 18
Cree fishing camp 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 20
Picking blueberries (Cree) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 22
A Piegan woman 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 24
Makoyepuk ("Wolf-child") (Blood) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 26
Niukskai-Stamik ("Three Bulls") (Blood) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 28
An old woman (Blood) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 30
Atso Tohkomi ("Call-on-all-sides") (Blood) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 32
Astanihkyi ("Come-singing") (Blood) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 34
A travois (Blackfoot) 1926 14 x 18.9 18 x 22 Facing page 36
A typical Blackfoot 1926 18.9 x 14.3 23 x 17 Facing page 38
A Blackfoot soldier 1926 18.9 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 40
Blackfoot finery 1926 14.2 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 42
A Blackfoot woman 1926 19.3 x 14.2 24 x 17 Facing page 44
Blackfoot cookery 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 46
Kaistosinikyi ("Kill-for-nothing") (Blood) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 48
Cree tipis 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 60
Isqe-sis ("Woman Small") and child (Cree) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 62
Cree boatwomen 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 64
A Cree camp 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 66
Landing (Cree) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 68
Birchbark baskets (Cree) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 70
Mawinehikis ("Tries-to-excel") (Cree) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 72
Lac les Isles (Cree) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 74
A Cree girl 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 76
Wapistan ("Marten") (Cree) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 78
Napeu ("Man") (Cree) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 80
A Cree canoe 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 82
Frame of the sponsor's tipi, Cree sun-dance 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 84
Cree woman with fur robe 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 86
Aki-tanni ("Two Guns") (Sarsi) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 92
Typical female physiognomy (Sarsi) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 94
Ka'ni (Sarsi) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 96
A Sarsi tipi 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 98
A Sarsi woman 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 100
A Sarsi kitchen 1926 18.9 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 102
Missi-tsatsa -("Owl Old-woman") (Sarsi) 1926 18.9 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 104
A Piegan play tipi 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 106
A Blood horseman 1926 14.2 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 108
Modern Blackfoot burial 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 110
Bow River and the sandhills (Blackfoot) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 112
In a Blackfoot camp 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 114
A medicine-bag (Blackfoot) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 116
Frame of the sun-lodge (Piegan) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 118
Offerings in the sun-lodge (Piegan) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 120
Central post of the sun lodge (Piegan) 1926 18.9 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 122
A Piegan war-bonnet 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 148
Oksoy-Apiw ("Raw-eater Old-man") (Blackfoot) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 156
Itsipstsinikyi ("Kills-inside") (Piegan) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 158
Piksohkomi ("Calling-bird") (Piegan) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 162
Assiniboin bowman 1926 14.2 x 19.4 18 x 22 Facing page 164
The chief (Assiniboin) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 166
Assiniboin camp near the Rocky Mountains 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 168
Woman's costume and baby swing (Assiniboin) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 170
Assiniboin camp on Bow River 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 172
Painted tipis (Assiniboin) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 174
A chief's son (Assiniboin) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 176
Akatsim-atsissi ("Whistle Smoke") (Piegan) 1926 18.9 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 178
A Piegan tipi 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 180
Transporting the ceremonial bag and tipi-cover of a Blackfoot society 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 182
A beaver-bundle (Blackfoot) 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 184
A Blackfoot ceremonial bag 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 186
Fat horse, with insignia of a Blackfoot soldier 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 188
Head-dress of Matoki Society (Blood) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 190
Lodge of the Horn Society (Blood) 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 192
Blackfoot war-bonnet 1926 14 x 19 18 x 22 Facing page 194
A Blackfoot tipi 1926 19 x 14 23 x 17 Facing page 196
List of Illustrations 1926 [blank] 32 x 24 Page vii
List of Illustrations 1926 [blank] 32 x 24 Page viii
List of Illustrations 1926 [blank] 32 x 24 Page ix


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