A landmark volume explores photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett's many-layered relationship with Wisconsin Dells Native peoples, the Ho-Chunk, places Bennett within the context of contemporary artists and photographers of American Indians, and examines the reception of this legacy by the Ho-Chunk. Simultaneous.
What the above examples point to is not that some Indians were authentic Indians. Rather, these Indians shared knowledge that coincidentally fit into the filmmakers' preexisting framework or was so far outside their framework they had ...
"Standing at the intersection of Native history, labor, and representation, Picturing Indians presents a vivid portrait of the complicated experiences of Native actors on the sets of midcentury Hollywood Westerns.
The volume’s three essays situate these works within the historical narratives of westward expansion, the creation of an “Indian Territory” separate from the rest of the United States, and Oklahoma’s eventual statehood in 1907.
Yakima, the Klickitat, Salishan Tribes of the Interior, the Kutenai
He took more than 40,000 photographs, collected more than 350 traditional Indian tales, and made more than 10,000 sound recordings of Indian speeches and music His magnum opus was The North American Indian." (Pritzker, Edward S. Curtis, 6).
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
Nez Perces, Wallawalla, Umatilla, Cayuse, the Chinookan Tribes
Tiwa, the Keres
In 2012 a complete set of the original edition has been auctioned for some USD 1.4 million. This is the first time in over a century that a modestly priced, high-quality republication has been available.