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    • Arizona. Division of Indian Education.

    • Indians of North America--Study and teaching--Periodicals; Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--Periodicals; Education, Bilingual--Arizona--Periodicals;

    • This title contains one or more publications. Edited/compiled by Mamie Sizemore.
    • Chideh - Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 18

    • Chideh - Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 18

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Apache Indians

    • "Again, judging by the similarity in language, the Apache and the Navaho in prehistoric times were as nearly a single group as the present bands of Apache are; and, likewise, there is sufficient similarity in the underlying principles of their...
    • 1940 Flagstaff All-Indian Powwow Program

    • 1940 Flagstaff All-Indian Powwow Program

    • Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce

    • Flagstaff--History; Powwows--Arizona--Flagstaff; Powwows--Pictorial works; Festivals--Arizona--Flagstaff; Indians of North America--Rites and ceremonies; Indians of North America--Social life and customs; Indians of North America--Pictorial works;...

    • Program of events for the annual Flagstaff All-Indian Pow Wow, 1940
    • Vash Gon - Jicarilla, Portfolio 1, Plate 20

    • Vash Gon - Jicarilla, Portfolio 1, Plate 20

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Jicarilla Indians

    • “The Jicarillas, or, as they are commonly called, ‘Jicarilla Apaches,’ occupy a reservation of nearly four hundred and fifty square miles of mountainous country in northern New Mexico. Linguistically the Jicarillas are of the same stock as...
    • At the Shrine - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 30

    • At the Shrine - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 30

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • Scattered about the Navaho reservation are many cairn shrines. The Navaho, when alone or in parties, on approaching one of these gathers a few twigs of piñon or cedar, places them on the shrine, scatters a pinch of sacred meal upon it, and makes...
    • Point of Interest - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 36

    • Point of Interest - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 36

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • “While the Navaho leads a wandering life, the zone of his movements is surprisingly limited; indeed the average Navaho’s personal knowledge of his country is confined to a radius of not more than fifty miles. The family usually has three...
    • Navaho Falls

    • Navaho Falls

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    • Havasupai Indians; Havasu Canyon (Ariz.)

    • "Navaho Falls in 1939 Navaho Fall. Havasu C"
    • The Lost Trail - Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 19

    • The Lost Trail - Apache, Portfolio 1, Plate 19

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Apache Indians

    • "The Indian and his history present innumerable problems to the student. Facts seemingly contradict facts, well-founded theories contradict other theories as well founded. Linguistically the Apache belong to the great Athapascan family, which,...
    • Women of the Desert - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 27

    • Women of the Desert - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 27

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • The Navaho women are, for the greater part, the owners of the flocks and invariably, with the children, the herders. They are so thoroughly at home on their scrubby ponies that they seem a part of them and probably excel all other Indians as...
    • Cañon de Chelly - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 28

    • Cañon de Chelly - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 28

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • A wonderfully scenic spot is this in northeastern Arizona, in the heart of the Navaho country - one of their strongholds, in fact. Cañon de Chelly exhibits evidences of having been occupied by a considerable number of people in former times, as in...
    • Cañon del Muerto - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 29

    • Cañon del Muerto - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 29

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • This "Cañon of the Dead" is a branch of Cañon de Chelly, deriving its name from having been the scene of the massacre of a band of Navaho by a troop of Mexican soldiers.
    • Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 31

    • Nesjaja Hatali - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 31

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • A well-known Navaho medicine-man. While in the Cañon de Chelly the writer witnessed a very interesting four days' ceremony given by the Wind Doctor. Nesjaja Hatali was also assistant medicine-man in two nine days' ceremonies studied - one in...
    • Navaho Flocks, Portfolio 1, Plate 33

    • Navaho Flocks, Portfolio 1, Plate 33

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • The Navaho might as well be called the "Keepers of Flocks". Their sheep are of the greatest importance to their existence, and in the care and management of their flocks they exhibit a thrift not to be found in the average tribe.
    • Hastobiga - Navaho Medicine-Man, Portfolio 1, Plate 35

    • Hastobiga - Navaho Medicine-Man, Portfolio 1, Plate 35

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • “Most Navaho ceremonies are conducted, at least primarily, for the purpose of healing disease; and while designated medicine ceremonies, they are, in fact, ritualistic prayers. There are so many of these ceremonies that no student has yet...
    • Sunset in Navaho-Land, Portfolio 1, Plate 38

    • Sunset in Navaho-Land, Portfolio 1, Plate 38

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • “The Navaho are a pastoral, semi-nomadic people whose activities centre in their flocks and small farms. Their reservation of more than fourteen thousand square miles is in the desert plateau region of Northern Arizona and New Mexico. Its mesas...
    • Alhkidokihi - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 39

    • Alhkidokihi - Navaho, Portfolio 1, Plate 39

    • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

    • Navajo Indians

    • One of the four elaborate dry-paintings or sand altars employed in the rites of the Mountain Chant, a Navaho medicine ceremony of nine days' duration.

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