The North American Indian (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. History, Culture & Mythology of Apache, Navaho and Jicarillas Tribe with Original Photographic and Ethnographic RecordsBy Edward S. Curtis, Frederick Webb Hodge
Length6h 51m
About this audiobook
The North American Indian is a monumental documentary collection that brings together ethnographic description, oral tradition, biography, material culture, and an extraordinary photographic record of Indigenous life in the early twentieth century. Across its volumes, formal portraits, landscape studies, ceremonial accounts, and transcribed narratives create a richly varied archive. Its most compelling materials preserve the texture of community memory and artistic practice, while also revealing the aesthetic ambitions and limitations of salvage ethnography, the period's effort to record cultures presumed to be vanishing. Produced by photographer Edward S. Curtis with ethnographic editorial guidance from Frederick Webb Hodge, the collection emerged amid the expanding professionalization of anthropology, museum culture, and progressive-era documentary practice. Its contributors and informants—often Indigenous knowledge keepers whose voices structure the recorded narratives—collectively make the work more than a visual survey. The volumes must be read critically: they register colonial pressures and editorial framing even as they preserve invaluable evidence of linguistic, ceremonial, social, and artistic traditions across numerous Native nations. This collection rewards readers seeking a capacious, historically consequential encounter with Indigenous North America and with the making of its archival image. It offers an exceptional opportunity to compare regions, genres, and modes of testimony within one undertaking, while fostering essential reflection on representation, authorship, and cultural survival.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (2K)
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GenrePsychology
Length6 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateDec 14, 2023
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The North American Indian (Annotated)
20Origin of Fire
2Introduction
21The Navaho
3Synopsis
22Home Life, Arts, and Beliefs
4Historical Context
23History
5The North American Indian
24Mythology - Creation Myth
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6Foreword
25Miracle Performers
7General Introduction
26Legend of the Happiness Chant
8The Apache
27Legend of the Night Chant
9Historical Sketch
28Ceremonies—The Night Chant
10Homeland and Life
29Maturity Ceremony
11Mythology - Creation Myth
30Marriage
12Medicine and Medicine-Men
31Appendix
13The Messiah Craze
32Tribal Summary - The Apache
14Puberty Rite
33The Jicarillas
15Dance of the Gods
34The Navaho
16The Jicarillas
35Southern Athapascan Comparative Vocabulary
17Home and General Customs
36Analysis
18Mythology - Creation Myth
37Reflection
19Miracle Performers
38Memorable Quotes
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