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Edward Sheriff Curtis (February 19, 1868 – October 19, 1952, sometimes given as Edward Sherriff Curtis) [1] was an American photographer and ethnologist whose work focused on the American West and on Native American people.
Lee Marmon (Laguna Pueblo), next to his most famous photograph, "White Man's Moccasins". Photography by indigenous peoples of the Americas is an art form that began in the late 19th century and has expanded in the 21st century, including digital photography, underwater photography, and a wide range of alternative processes.
Curtis's election as vice president made history because he was the only native Kansan, and the only Native American to hold the post. The first person enrolled in a Native American tribe to be elected to such a high office, Curtis decorated his office with Native American artifacts and posed for pictures wearing Indian headdresses. [24]
Asahel Curtis' photo of Seattle in 1900. Asahel Curtis (1874–1941) was an American photographer based in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. His career included documentation of the Klondike Gold Rush period in Seattle, natural landscapes in the Northwest, and infrastructure projects in Seattle.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe." [1] This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a ...
Matika Wilbur photographed members of every federally recognized Native American tribe. She named the series Project 562 for the number of recognized tribes at the time.
Bull Chief, born in about 1825, died February 4, 1914, was part of the Crow, or Apsaroke tribe. [2] He was interviewed by a man named Edward S. Curtis, who visited many tribes during the 20th century for interviews and to take portraits of the Natives.
Carl Everton Moon (October 5, 1878 – June 24, 1948) was an American photographer, book and magazine illustrator, painter and writer focused on Native American subjects. . He has been called "the imitator of Edward Curtis" and "the last of the great early photographers to go wes