Pima Land - 1 9 0 7Pazo l a Was ht e is t he name g iven to Edwar d

Cur t is by S io ux Chie f Red Hawk. It means ‘ Pr et t y

But t e ’ .

. tribute to edward s curtis

“ HOMEWARD” – Nat io nal Pho to g r aphic S o c ie ty Go l d Medal Winner - 1 8 9 8

Canyo n de Che l l y – Navaho - 1 9 0 4

NALIN

APACHE

1903

SELF PORTRAIT - 1899

EDWARD SHERIFF CURTIS BOUGHT A LARGE 14” X 17”

VIEW CAMERA IN 1890 AND A YEAR LATER OPENED A

STUDIO IN SEATTLE WITH HIS PARTNER, RASMUS

ROTHI FOR $150

THEPIKI

MAKER

HOPIWOMAN

1900

Piki is cornbread baked

in colored sheets of

paper-like thinness.

The batter is spread

on the baking stone

with the bare hand, and

the quickly baked sheet

is folded and laid on the

basket at the baker's left.

. 30 Edward S Curtis devoted years to photographing , and documenting over e ighty Indian tribes wes t of the, . Mis s is s ippi from the Mexican border to northern Alas ka His projec t

won s upport from s uch prominent and powerful figures as Pres ident . Theodore Roos eve lt and J Pierpont Morgan.

, , 20 His work “The North American Indian” cons is ted of leather , 75 -- bound volumes each containing hand pres s ed photogravures 300 . and pages of text Each volume was accompanied by a

36 .corres ponding portfo lio containing at leas t photogravures

, , His propos al to Morgan his financer was to “s how pictures and text of every phas e of Indian life of all tribes yet in a pris tine

………….. , , condition going fully into the ir his tory life and manners, .ceremony legends and mythology ”

: Mus ic Wind Spirit by Bill Miller

Apac he S c o ut - 1 9 0 6

Vas h Go n - Jic ar il l a

Ats ina War Par ty Far ewe l l

Bo w River Bl ac kf o o t Tipis

Apac he Camp

Bo w River Bl ac kf o o t

Cr ee Bo at Wo men

Cr ee pic king bl ueber r ie s

Gather ing Ar r o w br us h – Pima - 1 9 0 7

Ats ina War r io r s

GATHERINGCACTUS

FRUIT

PIMA - 1907

In the Badl ands – S heep Mo untain - 1 9 0 4

Land o f t he S ina

Lo ne Chie f – Cheyenne - 1 9 2 7

Lo s t Tr ail – Apac he - 1 9 0 3

Og l al a S io ux Pl anning Raid - 1 9 0 7

Chie f Red Hawk – S io ux – 1 9 0 6Vet er an o f t he Bat t l e o f Lit t l e Big Ho r n

Wic kiup - Apac he Ho me - 1 9 0 3

S to r m - Apac he

Suns et in Navaj o Land

The f o r d o f Apac he

1907 PAPAGOPOTTER

Pieg an c ar r y wil l o ws f o r s weat l o dg e - 1 9 0 0

THE POOL APACHE1 9 0 3

War Chie f – Nez Per c e - 1 9 0 5

Watc hing f o r s ig nal - Nez Per c e

Whit e River Val l ey – Apac he - 1 9 0 3

DRINKIN THE

DESERT

APACHE GIRLAND

PAPOOSE

Apac he Mo r ning Bath - 1 9 0 6

1900CHAIWA

TEWA

- 1921Hopi Flute Dancers at Tureva Springs

CHIEFJOSEPH

NEZ PERCE1903

- 1906Evening in Hopi Land

Ger o nimo – Apac he - 1 9 0 5

HIPAHWITH

ARROWBRUSH

MARICOPA

At The Ol d Wel l o f Ac o ma - 1 9 0 4

CANONDEL

MUERTO

LUZIPAPAGO

L.- R. Gen. Cus t er ’ s Cr o w s c o ut s : Go es Ahead, Hair y Mo c c as in , Whit e Man Runs Him, Edwar d Cur t is and Al exander Ups haw – Lit t l e Big Ho r n Bat t l eg r o und - 1 9 0 7

1930 - With almost no fanfare Curtis published the final two volumes of “The North American Indian.” It has been estimated that during the project Curtis took over 40,000 photographs and made 10,000 wax cylinder sound recordings of Indian speech and music. About 200 sets of the works were printed and Curtis delivered 25 sets to J.P. Morgan as promised for partially financing the project. The Morgan Company later sold 19 of those sets. The Library of Congress has a set.

October 19, 1952 - Edward Sheriff Curtis died of a heart attack at the age of 84, in the home of his daughter Beth. A seventy-six word obituary in the New York Times mentions simply that Curtis had been an authority on Indian history and that he had also been known as a photographer.

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