These Photos From The 1900s Capture How Native Americans Lived 100 Years Ago
In the 20th century, Native American Indians were fading away quickly. With this regard, Edward Sheriff Curtis dedicated years of his life to securing and recording the lifestyle of the remarkable indigenous tribes in North America. Considerably, his work comprises some of the most enthralling photos from that era.
Wealthy financier and banker J.P. Morgan equipped Curtis with $75,000 in 1906. He was to produce a Native Americans series; so together they created a 20-volume series. It's called The North American Indian, and you can purchase here: The North American Indian: The Complete Portfolios
A Klamath Chief Poses On A Hill Above Crater Lake, Oregon, 1923
A Young Jicarrilla Girl, C. 1910
On Horseback --- an Apsaroke Man, 1908
A Group Of Navajo men In The Canyon De Chelly, Arizona, 1904
An Apsaroke Mother with her Child, 1908
the Sioux Chiefs, 1905
A Tewa Girl, 1906
A bare-skinned Nootka Man Aims A Bow And Arrow, 1910
the Black Eagle, An Assiniboin Man, 1908
Piegan Tepees, 1910
the Hollow Horn Bear, A Brulé Man, 1907
A Mohave Woman, 1903
An Apache Girl with a Papoose, 1903
A Kwakiutl Wedding Party Arrives In Intricately-designed Canoes, 1914
Nakoaktok Dancers Don Hamatsa Masks In A Ritual, 1914
Eskadi, Of The Apache Tribe, 1903
The Kwakiutl Shaman Performs A Religious Ritual, 1914
An Apache Woman, 1906
A Smoky Day At The Sugar Bowl, 1923
20 A Qagyuhl Man Portraying A Bear, 1914
Some Walpi Maidens, 1906
A young Qahatika Girl, 1907
A Navajo Man, 1904
Maricopa Child, 1907
Crow Encampment With Tipis, Tents, Wagons, Horses And Men As Noticed From The Distant Shore Of The River, 1908
the Navajos, 1905
Piegan Girls Collect Goldenrod, 1910
A Koskimo Man Dressed As Hami ("dangerous Thing") During A Numhlim Ceremony, 1914
A Qagyuhl Woman Dressed Up With A Fringed Chilkat Blanket And A Mask Representing A Deceased Relative Who Had Been A Shaman, 1914
A Hidatsa Man Carrying A Captured Eagle, 1908
Medicine Crow Among The Apsaroke Tribe, 1908
Hakalahl, A Nakoaktok Chief, 1914
Indian Woman Carrying Rushes, 1908
A Young Member Of The Apache Tribe, C. 1910
The Primitive Artists-paviotso, 1924
An Apsaroke Man Wearing Medicine Hawk Headdress, 1908
A Kwakiutl Gatherer Hunting Abalones In Washington, 1910
A Hupa Spear Fisherman Watches For Salmon, 1923
A Wishran Girl, 1910
A Kwakiutl Man Wearing A Mask Representing A Man Transforming Into A Loon, 1914
**Curtis' mechanism in recording the vanishing way of life were later on condemned by some anthropologists. He seldom posed individuals from different tribes in the same clothing, separated them from their natural settings and utilized overly romantic ones, and the like. Nonetheless, his work is still considered one of he biggest Native American research and features great authenticity.
More works of Edward S. Curtis are also available on Amazon:
Edward S. Curtis: Visions of the First Americans
Edward S. Curtis: One Hundred Masterworks
The North American Indian: The Complete Portfolios
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