Edward S. Curtis's The North American Indian


The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis
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Volume 6: The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho

List of Plates | Gallery View | Bibliographic Record

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Plate Size
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Red Plume (Piegan) 1910 18.4 x 12.7 23 x 16 Frontispiece
Piegan camp 1905 12 x 18.7 16 x 21 Facing page 4
Piegan lodge 1910 18.5 x 13.5 22 x 16 Facing page 6
Mountain chief (Piegan) 1911 19 x 10 23 x 13 Facing page 8
Two Medicine River (Piegan) 1911 14 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 10
A prairie camp (Piegan) 1909 13.7 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 12
A buffalo-fall (Piegan) 1910 18.7 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 14
Piegan war-bonnet and coup-stick 1909 18.8 x 11.9 22 x 14 Facing page 16
Lodge interior (Piegan) 1911 13.8 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 18
The Grizzly-bear (Piegan) 1911 18.5 x 12.9 23 x 16 Facing page 20
Camp in the foothills (Piegan) 1905 13.6 x 18.7 18 x 21 Facing page 22
Piegan woman 1911 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 24
Overlooking the camp (Piegan) 1909 14 x 18.8 18 x 21 Facing page 26
A grave-house (Piegan) 1911 13.9 x 18.5 18 x 22 Facing page 28
A Piegan home 1910 13.4 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 30
Navel-amulets (Piegan) 1911 18.7 x 13.7 23 x 17 Facing page 36
In the lodge (Piegan) 1909 12.6 x 18.4 17 x 21 Facing page 38
Goldenrod meadows (Piegan) 1911 19 x 13.7 23 x 17 Facing page 40
The crier (Piegan) 1900 13.5 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 42
Return to faster's lodge (Piegan) 1905 13.5 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 44
The pledger (Piegan) 1910 18.7 x 13.6 23 x 16 Facing page 46
Return with willows (Piegan) 1905 12.8 x 18.3 17 x 22 Facing page 48
Substitute sacred head-dress (Piegan) 1910 18.1 x 12.5 22 x 16 Facing page 50
Piegan dancers 1910 13.6 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 52
The Whistler (Piegan) 1905 13.5 x 18.6 18 x 21 Facing page 54
The sun lodge (Piegan) 1905 12 x 18.6 17 x 22 Facing page 56
Day-dreams (Piegan) 1911 18.8 x 12.8 23 x 16 Facing page 58
Camp by a prairie lake (Piegan) 1911 13.8 x 18.2 18 x 21 Facing page 60
Piegan girls 1910 18.7 x 12.7 23 x 16 Facing page 62
A child's lodge (Piegan) 1910 18.5 x 13.5 23 x 17 Facing page 64
Buffalo-stones (Piegan) 1911 11.9 x 18.7 17 x 22 Facing page 66
Medicine-bags (Piegan) 1911 18.5 x 12.9 23 x 16 Facing page 68
Running Owl (Piegan) 1910 18.5 x 11.9 23 x 15 Facing page 70
A favorite Cheyenne costume 1911 18.6 x 12.9 23 x 16 Facing page 72
Cheyenne woman 1910 18.7 x 11.9 23 x 15 Facing page 74
Wood-gatherers (Cheyenne) 1910 18.5 x 13.5 23 x 17 Facing page 76
Cheyenne matron 1910 18.6 x 13.5 23 x 17 Facing page 78
Cheyenne man 1911 18.7 x 12.2 23 x 15 Facing page 80
Cheyenne female profile 1910 18.7 x 13.6 23 x 17 Facing page 82
Cheyenne female type 1911 18.5 x 13.7 23 x 17 Facing page 86
Sun dance pledgers (Cheyenne) 1911 18.8 x 13.7 23 x 17 Facing page 88
Return of scouts (Cheyenne) 1911 12.8 x 18.5 17 x 22 Facing page 90
Warrior society encircling camp (Cheyenne) 1910 12.3 x 18.6 16 x 21 Facing page 92
Cutting the centre pole (Cheyenne) 1911 18.8 x 13.8 23 x 17 Facing page 94
Return with boughs (Cheyenne) 1911 14 x 18.7 18 x 22 Facing page 96
Boughs for the altar (Cheyenne) 1911 12.9 x 18.5 18 x 22 Facing page 98
Departure from preparation lodge (Cheyenne) 1910 18.8 x 13.5 23x 17 Facing page 100
Lame deer monuments (Cheyenne) 1910 13.5 x 18.6 18 x 22 Facing page 102
Offering pipe to the earth (Cheyenne) 1910 18.6 x 13.7 23 x 17 Facing page 104
Offering pipe to the skull (Cheyenne) 1910 13 x 18.3 17 x 21 Facing page 106
Priests passing before the pipe (Cheyenne) 1910 13.9 x 18.7 18 x 22 Facing page 108
Painting the poles (Cheyenne) 1910 13.9 x 18.6 18 x 22 Facing page 110
Before the final journey 1910 13.7 x 18.7 18 x 22 Facing page 112
Crazy dancers (Cheyenne) 1911 13.8 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 114
Animal dance (Cheyenne) 1910 13 x 18.3 18 x 22 Facing page 116
Sweat-lodge frame (Cheyenne) 1910 13.9 x 18.7 18 x 22 Facing page 118
Devotees en route (Cheyenne) 1910 18.7 x 13.5 23 x 17 Facing page 120
Building the sun lodge (Cheyenne) 1911 13.8 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 122
Beginning of the altar (Cheyenne) 1911 13.8 x 18.7 18 x 22 Facing page 124
The altar (Cheyenne) 1910 13.5 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 126
Sun dance in progress (Cheyenne) 1911 13.8 x 18.4 18 x 22 Facing page 128
Gray Dawn (Cheyenne) 1910 13.8 x 18.5 18 x 21 Facing page 130
Dancing (Cheyenne) 1911 13.7 x 18.8 18 x 22 Facing page 132
Cheyenne young woman 1910 18.7 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 134
The ancient Arapaho 1910 18.3 x 12.6 22 x 16 Facing page 136
A smoke (Arapaho) 1910 18.8 x 12 23 x 15 Facing page 138
Good Man (Arapaho) 1910 18.3 x 12.6 23 x 16 Facing page 140
Arapaho maiden 1910 18.3 x 12.6 23 x 16 Facing page 142
Arapaho youth 1910 18.4 x 12.6 23 x 16 Facing page 144
Arapaho camp 1910 18.7 x 13.5 23 x 16 Facing page 146
Eagle Chief (Arapaho) 1910 18.3 x 12.6 22 x 16 Facing page 148
Arapaho water girl 1910 18.6 x 13.6 23 x 16 Facing page 150
Stone grave (Cheyenne) 1910 14 x 18.5 19 x 22 Facing page 156
Mother and child (Arapaho) 1910 18.2 x 12.5 23 x 16 Facing page 158
On Little Powder River - Arapaho 1910 13.4 x 18.5 15.5 x 22 Facing page 164
List of Illustrations [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page vii
List of Illustrations [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page viii
List of Illustrations [blank] [blank] 32 x 24 Page ix


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