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The Mealing Trough - Hopi by Edward S. Curtis, 1906 (silver print photograph)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: PCT4263755

At the water edge: camp piegan at the edge of a water body. 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)

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ID: PCT4263761

Sioux invocation. Sanctuaries are most often large boulders of rolling stone or other rocks that [...] were charged with mythical significance. Priests and warlords went there to invoke the help of supernatural powers. The large block of stone on which this supplicator stands would have the power to reveal to the warrior the outcome of the raid he is planning. Its surface carries what the Indians call the footprint of the human foot and it is to this particularity that it must have become sacred. 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)

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ID: PCT4263798

Two Bear, piegan woman. As for the Piegans of today and tomorrow, we would have to be very optimistic to find hope in their present situation. The promise of a better life, which had always been made to them by civilization, was an empty shell. 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)

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ID: PCT4263809

Prayer to the mystery. When praying her, the pipe was always offered to the Grand Manitou by raising it to heaven. At the feet of the worshiper is a buffalo skull, symbolizing the spirit of the animal on which the Indians depended so much. The man we see in this photograph is Picket Pin, a Sioux Oglala (Ogalala). 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. ©Gusman/Leemage

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: PCT4263820

Qahatika girl. Young Qahatika girl. These desert Indians live about 60 kilometres from the Pimas Reserve (Arizona). Photo taken from volume 2 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)

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ID: PCT4263827

In the Badlands. This amazing image was made in Sheep Mountain, on the Pine Rige Reserve, Badlands, South Dakota. 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)

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Wolf, Indian Apsaroke (Wolf - Apsaroke also sometimes written Absaroke) 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)

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Crazy Thunder, a Sioux Teton (Oglala or Ogalala) Photo 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)

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ID: EVB2931096

Before the storm- Four Apache on horseback on horseback under storm clouds, 1906 (b/w photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: DIL2560602

Operation Petticoat (photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: PNP245681

The Rush Gatherer, Montana (b/w photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: BAL145741

The Plains of the Dakota Sioux, c.1905 (b/w photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: BAL145779

Cheyenne camp in the cottonwoods, c.1910 (b/w photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: BAL145781

The potter, Santa Clara, c.1905 (b/w photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: EVB2015071

Sioux

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: JLJ4689844

Portrait of an Indian Piopio - Maksmaks (photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: JLJ4602674

Indians of America: a young Indian girl, daughter of chief of the Skokomish tribe, 1912 (photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: XJF441990

Piegan Girls, 1910 (b/w photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: STC423832

Geronimo, Chief of the Apache, as an old man in 1907 (photogravure)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: XJF105315

Hami-Koskimo, Native American costume, 1914 (b&w photo)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: XJF105328

A Young Yakima, 1910 (photogravure)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: CH378656

The Chief-Klamath, plate from 'The North American indian, Portfolio 2, 1899-1910', 1907-30 (large format photogravure)

Curtis, Edward Sheriff (1868-1952)

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ID: PCT4263803

Shot in the hand, Apsaroke. In 1841 he obtained the “power of the hawk” during his vision quest. He used to develop a mixture based on falcon heart, glycery (medical grass) and vegetable tincture, which he reduced to powder and ingested a little before the fight. 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)

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ID: PCT4263810

Black Eagle, Assiniboin. In 1834 on Missouri, south of Williston, South Dakota, he was only 13 years old when he first went to war, without distinguishing himself, nor on the following two expeditions. In the fourth, he alone captured 6 Yanktonese horses and led 3 warfare expeditions. He was 18 years old. 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)

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ID: PCT4263851

Brate war party. A band of Sioux Brules replays a raid against the enemy. 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)

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ID: PCT4263894

Male doctor. Probably Sioux, squid in hand and buffalo skull has his feet. 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)