Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

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Born on a farm in Wisconsin in 1868, Edward Sheriff Curtis (Edward Sheriff Curtis) worked as a photographer in Seattle. In 1895 he took a picture of Princess angelina, the eldest daughter of Seattle, the leader of the tribe Suquamish, in whose honor the city was named. This meeting has had on Curtis such an impact that he was fascinated by the culture of Indian tribes.

Soon Edward joined the expedition to see how the native Americans live in Alaska and Montana.

In 1906, Curtis met with a wealthy financier John. P. Morgan, who began to sponsor a documentary project about indigenous peoples of the continent. They decided to create a 20-volume series called "North American Indians".

Thanks to the support of Morgan, Curtis for 20 years, traveled all over North America, making about 40 thousand photographs of Indians from over 80 different tribes. He recorded on thousands of wax cylinders of their songs and languages, as well as documented oral histories, legends and biographies.

In their efforts to commit a vanishing way of life Curtis sometimes sinned with documentary authenticity of the images. The characters of his images appear in romanticized forms an imaginary pre-Columbian era and completely devoid of signs of Western civilization.

The work of Curtis, perpetuating the mythical image of the "noble savages" are one of the most impressive historical record of Indian life in the early twentieth century.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

1. 1904. A group of Indians from the tribe of Navajo in the Canyon de Shay, Arizona.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

2. 1905. The leaders of the Sioux nation.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

3. 1908. Mother and child from the tribe of absaroka.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

4. 1907. Lucy from the tribe of Papago.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

5. 1914. Woman tribe Cahul in Chilkat blanket with fringe and mask of the deceased shaman.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

6. 1914. Chacalal, the chief of the tribe acouctic.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

7. 1910. Indian people Kwakiutl collects shellfish in Washington.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

8. 1910. Girls from the tribe pagenow collect the goldenrod.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

9. 1907. The girl from the tribe karatika.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

10. 1910. A young Indian from the Apache tribe.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

11. 1903. Escada from a tribe of Apaches.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

12. 1914. The Indians of the tribe Kwakiutl in a canoe in British Columbia.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

13. 1914. The Indians of the tribe Kwakiutl in a canoe in British Columbia.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

14. 1914. The Indians of the tribe Kwakiutl arrived at the wedding in a canoe.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

15. 1914. The tribe's shaman Kwakiutl performs religious ritual.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

16. 1914. An Indian tribe of Cosimo dressed up as a monster Hami, during the ceremony Numlib.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

17. 1914. A dancer from the tribe Cahul clothing Paqusilahl ("wild man").

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

18. 1914. Indian tribe Cahul dressed as a bear.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

19. 1914. Dancers from the tribe Cahul.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

20. 1914. Dancers from the tribe acouctic in masks of hamatsa during the ritual.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

21. 1910. The Indian from the Apache tribe.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

22. 1907. Bear Hollow horn from the tribe of Brule.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

23. 1906. The girl from the tribe of Tewa.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

24. 1910. A woman from the tribe of Apaches shakes grains.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

25. 1924. An Indian tribe in Mariposa reservations Tule river.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

26. 1908. An Indian tribe of hidatsa with the eagle.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

27. 1910. Indian of the Nootka people aiming with a bow.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

28. 1910. The wigwams of the tribe pagenow.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

29. 1905. Hunter of the Sioux.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

30. 1914. Shaman Kwakiutl.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

31. 1914. An Indian tribe Kwakiutl, wearing a mask depicting the transformation of man in the Loon.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

32. 1908. An Indian tribe apsaroke on horseback.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

33. 1923. The chief of the tribe clamato stands on a hill above crater lake, Oregon.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

34. 1900. Iron chests, an Indian tribe pagenow.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

35. 1908. Black eagle, an Indian tribe Assiniboine.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

36. 1904. Indian from the Navajo nation.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

37. 1914. An Indian tribe Kwakiutl in the garb of the forest spirit Nuhlimkilaka ("Bringer of confusion").

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

38. 1923. A woman from the tribe of Hupa.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

39. 1914. An Indian tribe Tsawatenok.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

40. 1900. Leaders pagenow.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

41. 1910. An Indian tribe of jicarilla.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

42. 1905. The girl from the hopi tribe.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

43. 1910. The girl from the tribe of jicarilla.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

44. 1903. A woman from Zuni.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

45. 1905. AHLA, also known as willow, from the settlement of Indians of the Taos Pueblo.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

46. 1907. A woman from the tribe of Papago.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

47. 1923. Fisherman of the tribe of Hupa with spear waiting for salmon.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

48. 1907. A woman from the tribe of Maricopa.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

49. 1905. A boy from the tribe of Teva in the settlement of San Ildefonso Pueblo.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

50. 1907. A woman from the tribe of Maricopa.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

51. 1908. Shaman apsaroke.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

52. 1924. A woman from the tribe of cahuilla.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

53. 1910. The daughter of the tribe leader of the people Kwakiutl.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

54. 1910. Duck-hunter from the tribe Kootenai.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

55. 1908. Medical Crow tribe apsaroke.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

56. 1910. The girl from the tribe wishram.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

57. 1904. Medicine man of the Navajo nation.

Years 1904-1924: the life of North American Indians photos by Edward Curtis

58. 1910. Indians tribe Cahul dancing during the blackout, trying to restore the moon.

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