Edward Sheriff Curtis photographed all of the major Native American
Tribes, west of the Mississippi, with several grants from J.P. Morgan,
beginning in the late 1880's through the Great Depression. His goal was
to document "The Vanishing Race" as they were prior to the many
developments, which cost Native Americans their precious homelands.
"The North American Indian" consisted of 20 volumes of photogravures
and text, documenting Native American customs, including interviews
with many Native Americans who describe in their own words the heritage
of their tribes. Each volume was accompanied by a portfolio of large
Photogravures, relating to the tribes depicted in the volumes. There
are 1510 volume size and 722 portfolio size photogravure plates in the
entire collection. |
