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Peter Walther
Through more than 700 photos across 20 portfolios, Edward S. Curtis artfully preserves North America's indigenous heritage, inviting us to embrace the diversity of traditions, revive forgotten narratives, and nurture…
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Shamoon Zamir
In this major reappraisal of Edward Curtis’s work, Shamoon Zamir argues that Curtis’s photography engages meaningfully with the crisis of culture and selfhood brought on by the dramatic transformations of…
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Don Nardo
Edward S. Curtis Chronicles Native Nations considers the work of Edward S. Curtis as he photographed the people and cultural practices of a large number of Native nations. Using many…
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Laurie Lawlor
Many Native Americans photographed by Edward S Curtis (1868-1952) called him Shadow Catcher. Filled with Martin Curtis’ breathtaking photographs, this book traces Curtis’ life and work from his boyhood in…
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Mick Gidley (Emeritus Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of Leeds)
From the 1890s onwards, Edward S. Curtis took thousands of photographs of Native Americans all over the West. These were published (1907-1930) in twenty volumes of illustrated text and twenty…
Roger Housden
Sacred America, in lucid and poetic prose, is the story of ordinary people who have dared to follow and trust the voices of their own souls in the midst of…
Provides an intimate and informative glimpse of photographer Edward S. Curtis (1868-1952) and his associates as they embarked on their epic quest to document through word and picture the traditional…
Gerald Hausman
Features selections of photographs and tribal stories recorded and preserved by the author in his 20-volume masterpiece, The North American Indian , offering the reader a bridge through time to…
Wayne Youngblood
Photographer Edward S. Curtis was a prolific photographer and recorder of Native American culture. Edward S. Curtis Portraits is a collection of his most moving cultural portraits.
Edward S Curtis
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high…
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe…
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
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In The Land Of The Head-Hunters is a book written by Edward S. Curtis in 1915. The book is a detailed account of the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest…
The North American Indian, Vol. 1, has been acknowledged as a major work throughout human history, and we have taken precautions to assure its preservation by republishing this book in…
With more than 200 photographs and drawings, Edward S. Curtis chronicles the culture, hunts, and traditions of the Native American tribes through the character of Kukusim.
Volume #1 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Apache, The Jicarillas, The Navajo. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories…
Volume #2 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Pima, The Papago, The Qahatika, The Mohave, The Yuma, The Maricopa, The Walapai, Havasupai…
Volume #4 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Apsaroke, or Crows, The Hidatsa. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories…
Volume #5 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Mandan, The Arikara, The Atsina. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories…
Volume #6 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Piegan, The Cheyenne, The Arapaho. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories…
Volume #13 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Hupa, The Yurok, The Karok, The Wiyot, Tolowa and Tututni, The Shasta, The Achomawi…
Volume #15 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the Southern California - Shoshoneans, The Dieguenos, Plateau Shoshoneans, The Washo. The subject areas covered on…
Volume #17 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Tewa, The Zuni. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories, customs, ceremonies…
Volume #18 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Chipewyan, The Western Woods Cree, The Sarsi. The subject areas covered on each tribe…
Volume #19 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Indians of Oklahoma, The Wichita, The southern Cheyenne, The Oto, The Comanche, The Peyote…
Volume #20 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on The Alaskan Eskimo. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories, customs, ceremonies, mythologies and…
Volume #3 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Teton Sioux, The Yanktonai, The Assiniboin. The subject areas covered on each tribe are…
Volume #11 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Nootka, The Haida. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories, customs, ceremonies…
Volume #12 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Hopi. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories, customs, ceremonies, mythologies and…
Volume #14 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Kato, The Wailaki, The Yuki, The Pomo, The Wintun, The Maidu, The Miwok, The…
v16 - Volume #16 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Tiwa, The Keres. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories…
Volume #7 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Yakima, The Klickitat, Salishan tribes of the interior, The Kutenai. The subject areas covered…
Volume #8 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Nez Perces, Wallawalla, Umatilla, Cayuse, The Chinookan tribes. The subject areas covered on each…
Volume #9 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the Salishan tribes of the coast, The Chimakum and the Quilliute, The Willapa. The subject areas…
Volume #10 of 20 in The North American Indian series contains detailed information on the The Kwakiutl. The subject areas covered on each tribe are histories, customs, ceremonies, mythologies and…
Edward S. Curtis
Over the course of 30 years Edward S. Curtis exhaustively documented America’s first inhabitants. Follow along on his visits to 80 American Indian tribes from the Mexican border to the…
Michael Burgan
Chronicles the life of Edward S. Curtis and his 20-volume life’s work, The North American Indian –
Influential but often neglected in historical accounts, this spectacular melodrama was an intercultural product of Curtis’ encounter and collaboration with the Kwakwaka'wakw of British Columbia. This book offers Kwakwaka'wakw perspectives…
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Larry Len Peterson
This landmark publication is not only packed with stunning illustrations but also astounding discoveries about Curtis's life.
