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American Indians

Name: American Indians
Author: Frederick Starr

Frederick Starr

Read by mpinedag · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

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Preface. - I. Some General Facts About Indians (11:03)
II. Houses (9:11)
III. Dress (8:56)
IV. The Baby and Child (8:59)
V. Stories of Indians (11:53)
VI. War (8:40)
VII. Hunting and Fishing (9:48)
VIII. The Camp-Fire (9:00)
IX. Sign Language on the Plains (8:45)
X. Picture Writing (8:43)
XI. Money (10:14)
XII. Medicine Men and Secret Societies (7:35)
XIII. Dances and Ceremonials (10:28)
XIV. Burial and Graves (8:55)
XV. Mounds and Their Builders (11:43)
XVI. The Algonkins (10:01)
XVII. The Six Nations (10:19)
XVIII. Story of Mary Jemison (9:36)
XIX. The Creeks (9:23)
XX. The Pani (9:09)
XXI. The Cherokees (9:56)
XXII. George Catlin and His Work (9:18)
XXIII. The Sun Dance (8:33)
XXIV. The Pueblos (9:58)
XXV. The Snake Dance (9:27)
XXVI. Cliff Dwellings and Ruins of the Southwest (9:10)
XXVII. Tribes of the Northwest Coast (9:13)
XXVIII. Some Raven Stories (7:57)
XXIX. Totem Posts (7:24)
XXX. Indians of California (9:05)
XXXI. The Aztecs (8:53)
XXXII. The Mayas and the Ruined Cities of Yucatan and Central America (9:16)
XXXIII. Conclusion (10:03)