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For information about the photographer, Edward S. Curtis, click here
About The Photographer - Edward S. Curtis
These pictures were taken by Edward Sheriff
Curtis (b. 1868).
In 1891, Edward S. Curtis and his family moved
from Wisconsin to Seattle. At that time, all of America's native
tribes had been forced to "accept" government terms and were either confined
to reservations or being assimilated into white culture.
Developing an interest in photography and
intrigued by the native residents of the area, Curtis began photographing
them. Becoming convinced that he was witnessing an irreversible loss
of Native American culture, he began a series of journeys across the West
to photograph members of various tribes.
Curtis attempted to meet the Native Americans
on their own terms, taking part in their daily and ceremonial lives whenever
he could. He was even initiated as a Snake Priest in the Hopi Snake
Cult ceremony.
In 1930, Edward S. Curtis finished the last of a twenty-volume
masterwork (the first published in 1907) called The North American Indian.
Containing not only photographs but tribal histories, folk stories, vocabularies,
religious rites, and songs.
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