The North American Indian, Vol. 1Curtis, Edward S.
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The North American Indian, Vol. 1
Curtis, Edward S.
Indians of North America
AFTER-WORLD—Re-created in the human form, Apache spirits are supposed to
dwell in a land of peace and plenty, where there is neither disease nor
death. The Milky Way is the path of all souls to the after-world. Yólkai
Nalí̆n is the guardian goddess of this spirit land, and the spirits of the
dead are supposed to journey four days before reaching it. Formerly horses
were killed beside the grave of the dead, that they might use them in the
after-world. For the same reason wearing apparel was also placed at the
grave, together with available articles of adornment and accoutrement.
NAMES FOR INDIAN TRIBES—
Apache - Ndĕ (The People)
Arivaipa Apache - Chulĭnné̆
Chiricahua Apache - Aiahán (People of the East)
Coyotero Apache - Klĭnápaha (Many Travel Together)
Havasupai - Dĕzhí̆piklakŭlh (Women Dress in Bark)
Hopi - Tsekŭlkĭnné̆ (Houses on the Rocks)
Navaho - Yutahán (Live Far Up)
Northern Indians - Nda Yutahán (White-man Navaho)
Pima - Saikĭnné̆ (Sand Houses)
Rio Grande Pueblos - Tu Tlú̆nĭ (Much Water)
San Carlos Apache - Tseénlĭn (Between Rocks)
Tonto Apache - Dĭlzhá̆n (Spatter-talkers), or Koún (Rough)
Zuñi - Nashtĭzhé̆ (Blackened Eyebrows)
[Illustration: Infant Burial - Apache]
Infant Burial - Apache
_From Copyright Photograph 1906 by E.S. Curtis_
THE JICARILLAS
LANGUAGE—Athapascan.
POPULATION—784.
DRESS—The Jicarillas in dress show the effect of their contact with the
Plains tribes, especially the Ute. The primitive dress of the men was a
deerskin shirt with sleeves, hip-leggings and moccasins, and the universal
loin-cloth. In winter a large loose deerskin coat was worn in addition.
The women wore a waist open at the sides under the arms, a deerskin skirt
falling below the knees, and legging-moccasins with very high tops. About
the waist the women now also wear a very broad leather belt, ten to
sixteen inches in width, extending well up under the arms. The men wear
their hair in braids hanging over the shoulders and wound with strips of
deerskin. Formerly they wore bangs in front on a line with the cheek-bones
and tied their hair in a knot at the back of the head, as the Navaho and
the Pueblo Indians do. The women part their hair down the middle, bring it
to the sides of the head, and tie it with strips of deerskin, cloth, or
yarn.
DWELLINGS—The Jicarilla dwelling is the same as the tipi of the Plains
Indians, once made of five buffalo skins on the usual framework of poles,
with smoke-hole at the apex. Since the disappearance of the buffalo,
canvas has replaced the skins, and many log houses are also to be found on
the reservation. The native house is called _kozhán_.
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