American Indians : first families of the Southwest/ edited by J.F. Huckel

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First edition published 1913, with title: First families of the Southwest.

"American Colortype, Chicago-New York"--Last printed page

Preface -- Indians who work and have never asked for aid -- Laguna, a typical Pueblo Indian village -- How the Indian women do the cooking -- Indian women who command the household -- "Where the roses grow near the water" -- Artist-priests who make wonderful paintings in the sand -- A commercial expedition in Navaho land -- A people made famous by the art of weaving -- -- An American craft before the White Man came -- Indian farmers who are good hunters, too -- A pair of picturesque farm owners from the ancient town of Taos -- The little Indians have their emotions -- The Hopi's theory of the origin of man -- Their picturesque beauty attracts the artist -- With flutes they pray to the rain gods -- Taking the elevator in Hopiland -- In a Hopi beauty parlor -- Homesites miles from wood and water -- The Indian who understands rattlesnakes -- A Hopi dwelling of other centuries reproduced -- Replica of a kiva, where the Hopi hold sacred ceremonials -- Where woman is the perpetuator of the arts -- Never were two pieces of Indian pottery exactly alike -- The Pima, who call themselves "The People" -- The Pima women, who make baskets -- An Apache grand dame weaving a supply basket -- Basketry is still a living art among certain of the Indians -- The problem of existence as met by a Desert People -- The Supai, who live in the Grand Canyon -- The story of the Thunder-Bird.

Illustrations: A Cochiti chief -- Old caretta, Laguna, New Mexico -- Acoma Indians baking bread, New Mexico -- Olla carriers returning from well, Acoma, New Mexico -- Mother and child, Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico -- Navahos making a sand-painting -- Navaho horsemen -- A Navaho weaver -- Acoma wedding dress -- Modern -- Old Hopi pattern -- Old Navaho-bayetta -- Old bayetta chief's blanket -- Modern -- The hunt-Taos Indian -- Taos Indians on scouting expedition -- An Arizona squall -- A song in the kiva -- A Hopi family -- Hopi flute boy -- Taking the elevator, Hopiland -- Hopi mother and daughter -- Carrying water to Tewa -- Hopi snake dance -- The Hopi House, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona -- Altar room, the Hopi House, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona -- Hopi woman decorating pottery -- Santo Domingo -- Hopi -- Acoma -- Hopi -- Santa Clara -- Maricopa -- Very old Zuni -- Prehistoric Hopi -- Prehistoric Pueblo lamp -- Prehistoric water jar from Cliff Dweller Ruins -- Prehistoric -- A desert nursery, Pima mother and child -- Pima Indian basket maker -- Weaving an Apache granary -- Pima tray -- Pitched water bottle -- Oraibi (Hopi) -- Apache burden -- Apache storage -- Hupa squaw cap -- Hopi katcina tray -- Tulare -- Paiute wedding basket -- Indian wood train on the Arizona desert -- A Supai cornfield, Cataract Canyon, Arizona -- A Supai Indian.

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