The North American Indian
by Edward S. Curtis
The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most significant and controversial representations of traditional American Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930, the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document "the old time Indian, his dress, his ceremonies, his life and manners."
In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian tribes. The twenty volumes, each with an accompanying portfolio, are organized by tribes and culture areas encompassing the Great Plains, Great Basin, Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific Northwest, and Alaska. Featured here are all of the published photogravure images including over 1500 illustrations bound in the text volumes, along with over 700 portfolio plates.
Images from each of the geo-cultural regions documented in The North American Indian are represented in the collection: the Pacific Northwest, New Southwest, Great Basin, Great Plains, Plateau Region, California, and Alaska. Included are both studio and field photographs. A large number are individual or group portraits, and many subjects are identified by name. Other subjects include traditional and ceremonial dress, dwellings and other structures, agriculture, arts and crafts, rites and ceremonies, dances, games, food preparation, transportation, and scenery.
Sample Thumbnails from Edward Curtis 20 Volumes
Contents of CD include:
INTRODUCTION BY EDWARD CURTIS
FORWARD BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT
NATIVE AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES, FROM VOLUME 3
NATIVE AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES, FROM VOLUME 4
NATIVE AMERICAN BIOGRAPHIES, FROM VOLUME 5
20 VOLUME BOOK OF IMAGES
over 2000 Photos
These 20 Volumes contain information on and Photos of the following Tribes
Achomawi
Acoma
Algonquian Indians
Apache
Apsaroke
Arapaho
Arikara
Assiniboine
Atsina
Blackfoot (Siksika)
Blackfoot (Piegan)
Blood
Brule
Cahuilla
Cape Prince of Wales
Cascade Indians
Cayuse
Chemehuevi
Cheyenne
Chimakum
Chinook
Chinookan
Chipewyan
Chukchansi
Clayoquot
Cochiti
Comanche
Cowichan
Cree
Crow
Cupeno
Diegueno
Diomede
Eskimo (Iniut)
Gros Ventres
Havasupai
Hesquiat
Hidatsa
Hoh
Hooper Bay
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Hopi
Hualapai
Hupa
Inuit (Eskimo)
Isleta
Jemez
Jicarilla (Apache)
Kainah
Kalispel Indians
Karok
Kato
Keres
Keresan
King Island
Kittitas
Klamath
Klickitat
Kobuk
Kotzebue
Kutenai
Kwakiutl
Laguna
Maidu
Mandan
Maricopa
Miwok
Mohave
Mono
Nambe Pueblo
Navajo
Nespilim (Nespelim) *
Nez Perce
Noatak
Nootka
Northern Paiute
Nunivak
Oglala
Osage
Papago (Tohono'odham)
Paviotso
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Pawnee
Piegan
Pima
Piman
Pojoaque
Pomo
Ponca
Pueblo
Puget Sound Tribes
Puye
Qahatika
Quagyuhl (Kwakiutl)
Quilcene
Quileute
Quinault
Salish (Flathead)
Salishan
San Ildefonso Pueblo
San Juan Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo
Sarsi
Selawik
Serrano
Shahaptian
Shoalwater Bay Tribes
Shoshonean Indians
Sia
Sihasapa
Siouan Indians
Sioux
Skokomish
Spokan (Spokane)
Taos
Tesuque Pueblo
Teton Sioux
Tewa
Tigua
Tiwa
Tlakluit
Tohono O'Odham |
Tolowa
Umatilla
Wailaki
Wappo
Washo
Wichita
Wisham (Tlakluit)
Yakima
Yantonai
Yaqui
Yokuts
Yuki
Yuma
Yuman
Yurok
Zia
Zuni |
More Thumbnail Samples From Edward S. Curtis 20 Volume Set
also included on this CD ROM
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Over 5,000 Additional Native American Photos
Black and White Photos, Panoramic Shots, and Color Photos
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also included on this CD ROM
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American Indian Sound Recordings
Omaha Indian Music
This collection features traditional Omaha music, The ethnographic field collection contains 44 wax cylinder recordings collected by Francis La Flesche and Alice Cunningham Fletcher between 1895 and 1897.
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Books
The Song of Hiawatha
Old Indian Days
Indian Boyhood
Indian Heros and Great Chieftans
Old Indian Legends
The Soul Of The Indian
Indian Why Stories
Myths and legends of California
The Last of the Mohicans
Mazelli, and Other Poems
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
The Red Man's Continent
A Chronicle of Aboriginal America |
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