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The Vanishing Race, Navaho, 1904 (toned platinum print on heavy paper)
The Vanishing Race, Navaho, 1904 (toned platinum print on heavy paper)

CH1766836: The Vanishing Race, Navaho, 1904 (toned platinum print on heavy paper), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

An idle hour - A moment of tranquility: Piegan Indians sitting on the edge of a body of water. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.
An idle hour - A moment of tranquility: Piegan Indians sitting on the edge of a body of water. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.

PCT4263767: An idle hour - A moment of tranquility: Piegan Indians sitting on the edge of a body of water. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Wishham girl. This girl is dressed in a heavy suede dress adorned with pearls. The indispensable ornamental attribute of a well-born person was the dental shell in the nasal septum. The headdress is made of shells, shells and junk beads as well as Chinese coins. This type of headdress was worn on special occasions by puberous and not yet married girls. Photo taken from volume 8 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.
Wishham girl. This girl is dressed in a heavy suede dress adorned with pearls. The indispensable ornamental attribute of a well-born person was the dental shell in the nasal septum. The headdress is made of shells, shells and junk beads as well as Chinese coins. This type of headdress was worn on special occasions by puberous and not yet married girls. Photo taken from volume 8 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.

PCT4263775: Wishham girl. This girl is dressed in a heavy suede dress adorned with pearls. The indispensable ornamental attribute of a well-born person was the dental shell in the nasal septum. The headdress is made of shells, shells and junk beads as well as Chinese coins. This type of headdress was worn on special occasions by puberous and not yet married girls. Photo taken from volume 8 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Going to camp. An apsaroke Indian carrying wood in the snow, in a small winter camp near a creek in the Pryor Mountains, Montana. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.
Going to camp. An apsaroke Indian carrying wood in the snow, in a small winter camp near a creek in the Pryor Mountains, Montana. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.

PCT4263787: Going to camp. An apsaroke Indian carrying wood in the snow, in a small winter camp near a creek in the Pryor Mountains, Montana. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Sioux chiefs. Very often, two or three men formed a war troop and left for weeks or months. Sometimes they'd come back with scalps, horses or women. Then, whatever its size, the war troop knew defeat and there was no survivor to tell the worried women and children the story of the disaster. Photo taken from volume 3 of Edward S. Curtis's encyclopedia (1868-1952) on North American Indians, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.
Sioux chiefs. Very often, two or three men formed a war troop and left for weeks or months. Sometimes they'd come back with scalps, horses or women. Then, whatever its size, the war troop knew defeat and there was no survivor to tell the worried women and children the story of the disaster. Photo taken from volume 3 of Edward S. Curtis's encyclopedia (1868-1952) on North American Indians, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.

PCT4263832: Sioux chiefs. Very often, two or three men formed a war troop and left for weeks or months. Sometimes they'd come back with scalps, horses or women. Then, whatever its size, the war troop knew defeat and there was no survivor to tell the worried women and children the story of the disaster. Photo taken from volume 3 of Edward S. Curtis's encyclopedia (1868-1952) on North American Indians, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Apsaroke war group. The warrior on the right holds the curved stick of one of the tribal military organizations. This stick was planted in the ground at the decisive moment of the fight, like a banner behind which its wearer pledged not to retreat. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.
Apsaroke war group. The warrior on the right holds the curved stick of one of the tribal military organizations. This stick was planted in the ground at the decisive moment of the fight, like a banner behind which its wearer pledged not to retreat. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.

PCT4263859: Apsaroke war group. The warrior on the right holds the curved stick of one of the tribal military organizations. This stick was planted in the ground at the decisive moment of the fight, like a banner behind which its wearer pledged not to retreat. Photo taken from volume 4 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Tearing Lodge, Piegan. Pinokiminuksh is one of the few Piegan advances in age whose memory has remained faithful. Did in 1835 in the present-day Montana su Sud, it emerged as a valuable source of information. The buffalo skin hat is part of his war suit: it was made and worn by order of a spirit of which he saw. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published. ©Gusman/Leemage
Tearing Lodge, Piegan. Pinokiminuksh is one of the few Piegan advances in age whose memory has remained faithful. Did in 1835 in the present-day Montana su Sud, it emerged as a valuable source of information. The buffalo skin hat is part of his war suit: it was made and worn by order of a spirit of which he saw. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published. ©Gusman/Leemage

PCT4263867: Tearing Lodge, Piegan. Pinokiminuksh is one of the few Piegan advances in age whose memory has remained faithful. Did in 1835 in the present-day Montana su Sud, it emerged as a valuable source of information. The buffalo skin hat is part of his war suit: it was made and worn by order of a spirit of which he saw. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published. ©Gusman/Leemage, Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

A Grizzly-Bear Brave, Piegan. At least two of the Piegan War Societies (the Braves and All Brave Dogs) included two men known as the Grizzly-Bear Brave. During the festivities, it was their responsibility to provide meat to their companions, whatever they buy it. Their behaviour and the expression of their faces justified their names and, in the course of their official duties, they were truly feared by others. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published. ©Gusman/Leemage
A Grizzly-Bear Brave, Piegan. At least two of the Piegan War Societies (the Braves and All Brave Dogs) included two men known as the Grizzly-Bear Brave. During the festivities, it was their responsibility to provide meat to their companions, whatever they buy it. Their behaviour and the expression of their faces justified their names and, in the course of their official duties, they were truly feared by others. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published. ©Gusman/Leemage

PCT4263871: A Grizzly-Bear Brave, Piegan. At least two of the Piegan War Societies (the Braves and All Brave Dogs) included two men known as the Grizzly-Bear Brave. During the festivities, it was their responsibility to provide meat to their companions, whatever they buy it. Their behaviour and the expression of their faces justified their names and, in the course of their official duties, they were truly feared by others. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published. ©Gusman/Leemage, Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Old Person, Piegan. Young men do not miss any occasion of public festivities to put on the clothes of their warrior father. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.
Old Person, Piegan. Young men do not miss any occasion of public festivities to put on the clothes of their warrior father. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.

PCT4263881: Old Person, Piegan. Young men do not miss any occasion of public festivities to put on the clothes of their warrior father. Photo taken from volume 6 of the encyclopedia published by Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) on the Indians of North America, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Hight Hawk. Warrior's set dresses for a great occasion: leather shirt, leggings, moccasins, pipe sheath (all embroidered with piquants of pig-epic), war headdress with eagle feathers, baton with stone head, with a scalp. Hight Hawk exercises over the Sioux Brules the authority of a historical leader. Photo taken from volume 3 of Edward S. Curtis's encyclopedia (1868-1952) on North American Indians, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.
Hight Hawk. Warrior's set dresses for a great occasion: leather shirt, leggings, moccasins, pipe sheath (all embroidered with piquants of pig-epic), war headdress with eagle feathers, baton with stone head, with a scalp. Hight Hawk exercises over the Sioux Brules the authority of a historical leader. Photo taken from volume 3 of Edward S. Curtis's encyclopedia (1868-1952) on North American Indians, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published.

PCT4263897: Hight Hawk. Warrior's set dresses for a great occasion: leather shirt, leggings, moccasins, pipe sheath (all embroidered with piquants of pig-epic), war headdress with eagle feathers, baton with stone head, with a scalp. Hight Hawk exercises over the Sioux Brules the authority of a historical leader. Photo taken from volume 3 of Edward S. Curtis's encyclopedia (1868-1952) on North American Indians, with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt. Between 1907 and 1930, 20 volumes were published., Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Acoma Man by Edward S. Curtis, c.1904 (toned silver print)
Acoma Man by Edward S. Curtis, c.1904 (toned silver print)

GRC2622384: Acoma Man by Edward S. Curtis, c.1904 (toned silver print), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Pretty Paint by Edward S. Curtis, 1904 (sepia print)
Pretty Paint by Edward S. Curtis, 1904 (sepia print)

GRC2630173: Pretty Paint by Edward S. Curtis, 1904 (sepia print), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Native Americans, three Hopi women at the top of adobe steps, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c.1906
Native Americans, three Hopi women at the top of adobe steps, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c.1906

EVB2929071: Native Americans, three Hopi women at the top of adobe steps, photograph by Edward S. Curtis, c.1906, Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Black Eagle, Nez Percé man. Edward S. Curtis photo, c. 1905
Black Eagle, Nez Percé man. Edward S. Curtis photo, c. 1905

EVB2930581: Black Eagle, Nez Percé man. Edward S. Curtis photo, c. 1905, Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

American Indian wearing the traditional dress and feather headdress. The man is shown in profile against a moutain landscape with a lake, 1923 (photomechanic print)
American Indian wearing the traditional dress and feather headdress. The man is shown in profile against a moutain landscape with a lake, 1923 (photomechanic print)

FAF3572415: American Indian wearing the traditional dress and feather headdress. The man is shown in profile against a moutain landscape with a lake, 1923 (photomechanic print), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Close-up of an American Indian boy of the Klamath tribe or village. He is wearing a fur hat with applied acorns and feathers and wears his hair in two pony tails, 1923 (photomechanic print)
Close-up of an American Indian boy of the Klamath tribe or village. He is wearing a fur hat with applied acorns and feathers and wears his hair in two pony tails, 1923 (photomechanic print)

FAF3572417: Close-up of an American Indian boy of the Klamath tribe or village. He is wearing a fur hat with applied acorns and feathers and wears his hair in two pony tails, 1923 (photomechanic print), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Shows As He Goes, c.1905 (b/w photo)
Shows As He Goes, c.1905 (b/w photo)

XOS5848206: Shows As He Goes, c.1905 (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Indian of America: camp of the spokan Indians, 20th century (b/w photo)
Indian of America: camp of the spokan Indians, 20th century (b/w photo)

JLJ4662467: Indian of America: camp of the spokan Indians, 20th century (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Indians of America: an Indian prayer (photo)
Indians of America: an Indian prayer (photo)

JLJ4684001: Indians of America: an Indian prayer (photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Indians of America: portrait of an Indian girl wearing a piercing in the nose (photo)
Indians of America: portrait of an Indian girl wearing a piercing in the nose (photo)

JLJ4597070: Indians of America: portrait of an Indian girl wearing a piercing in the nose (photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Portrait of Native American Girl, 20th century (photo)
Portrait of Native American Girl, 20th century (photo)

JLJ4664991: Portrait of Native American Girl, 20th century (photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Tenaktak Wedding Guests, from 'The North American Indian', 1914 (photogravure) (b&w photo)
Tenaktak Wedding Guests, from 'The North American Indian', 1914 (photogravure) (b&w photo)

XJF105312: Tenaktak Wedding Guests, from 'The North American Indian', 1914 (photogravure) (b&w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Piegan Camp, from 'The North American Indian', 1905 (photogravure) (b&w photo)
Piegan Camp, from 'The North American Indian', 1905 (photogravure) (b&w photo)

XJF105313: Piegan Camp, from 'The North American Indian', 1905 (photogravure) (b&w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Custer's Crow Scouts, Native American tribe, 1908 (b&w photo)
Custer's Crow Scouts, Native American tribe, 1908 (b&w photo)

XJF105319: Custer's Crow Scouts, Native American tribe, 1908 (b&w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Nane-Qagyuhl, Native American costume, 1914 (b&w photo)
Nane-Qagyuhl, Native American costume, 1914 (b&w photo)

XJF105322: Nane-Qagyuhl, Native American costume, 1914 (b&w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Iron Plume - Ogalala, Native American, 1907 (b&w photo)
Iron Plume - Ogalala, Native American, 1907 (b&w photo)

XJF105335: Iron Plume - Ogalala, Native American, 1907 (b&w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Hopi water girls, c.1906 (b/w photo)
Hopi water girls, c.1906 (b/w photo)

BAL144980: Hopi water girls, c.1906 (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Three Hopi women at the top of adobe steps, New Mexico, c.1906 (b/w photo)
Three Hopi women at the top of adobe steps, New Mexico, c.1906 (b/w photo)

BAL144984: Three Hopi women at the top of adobe steps, New Mexico, c.1906 (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

The White Singer, c.1906 (b/w photo)
The White Singer, c.1906 (b/w photo)

BAL145780: The White Singer, c.1906 (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Medicine Crow, Apsaroke, c.1908 (b/w photo)
Medicine Crow, Apsaroke, c.1908 (b/w photo)

BAL145782: Medicine Crow, Apsaroke, c.1908 (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Piegan Girl Day-dreaming, 1911 (b/w photo)
Piegan Girl Day-dreaming, 1911 (b/w photo)

XJF441985: Piegan Girl Day-dreaming, 1911 (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Shield, Ogalala, 1907 (b/w photo)
Shield, Ogalala, 1907 (b/w photo)

XJF441988: Shield, Ogalala, 1907 (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

A child's lodge, Piegan, 1910 (b/w photo)
A child's lodge, Piegan, 1910 (b/w photo)

XJF441994: A child's lodge, Piegan, 1910 (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

'Two Moons' (b/w photo)
'Two Moons' (b/w photo)

PNP245348: 'Two Moons' (b/w photo), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

At the Old Well of Acoma, c.1904 (orotone)
At the Old Well of Acoma, c.1904 (orotone)

STM752620: At the Old Well of Acoma, c.1904 (orotone), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images

Sígesh - Apache, 1903 (photogravure)
Sígesh - Apache, 1903 (photogravure)

STM752638: Sígesh - Apache, 1903 (photogravure), Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952) / Bridgeman Images


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