North American Indian: Photos by Edward S. Curtis

"A Comanche Mother," photogravure print with brown ink, 1927.
A Comanche Mother, photogravure print with brown ink, 1927. Volume 19, plate 685. No caption.

Volume 19, plate 685. No caption.

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Assiniboin Hunter, Photogravure print with brown ink, 1926. Volume 18, plate 630. No caption. Black Belly -- Cheyenne, photogravure print with brown ink, 1927. Volume 19, plate 671. Curtis's caption: The extreme age of this Cheyenne is quite apparent. Bow River – Blackfoot, photogravure print with brown ink, 1926. Volume 18, plate 644. No caption. A Comanche Mother, photogravure print with brown ink, 1927. Volume 19, plate 685. No caption. Cree Tipis, photogravure print with brown ink, 1926. Volume 18, plate 624. No caption.  Gathering Abalones – Nakoaktok, photogravure print with brown ink, 1914. Volume 10, plate 342. No caption. Geronimo – Apache, photogravure print with brown ink, 1907. Volume 1, plate 2. A Chipewyan Tipi Among the Aspens, photogravure print with brown ink, 1926. Volume 18, plate 616. Hamasaka in Tlu'wulahu Costume with Speaker's Staff – Qagyuhl, photogravure print with brown ink, 1914. Volume 10, plate 333. In the Bad Lands, photogravure print with brown ink, 1904. Volume 3, plate 119. Curtis's caption: This striking picture was made at Sheep Mountain in the Bad Lands of Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota.  John Quapaw – Hunta Wakunta, photogravure print with brown ink, 1927. Volume 19, plate 681. Curtis's caption: The Quapaw are another Siouan tribe, otherwise known as Akansa, from which Arkansas river and state derive their name. Kotsuis and Hohhuq – Nakoaktok, photogravure print with brown ink, 1914. Volume 10, plate 336. Curtis's caption: These two masked performers in the winter dance represent huge, mythical birds. Medicine-pipe – Piegan, photogravure print with brown ink, 1910. Volume 6, plate 199. Curtis's caption: Medicine-pipes, of which the Piegan have many, are simply long pipe-stems variously decorated with beads, paint, feathers, and fur. Offering at the Waterfall – Nambe, photogravure print with brown ink, 1925. Volume 17, plate 599. Old Cheyenne, photogravure print with brown ink, 1927. Volume 19, plate 672. No caption. Old Trail at Acoma, photogravure print with brown ink, 1904. Volume 16, plate 567. Old Warrior – Arapaho, photogravure print with brown ink, 1927. Volume 19, plate 673. Qa'hila – Koprino, photogravure print with brown ink, 1914. Volume 10, plate 331. Curtis's caption: This young chief of an almost extinct tribe resident on Quatsino sound, near the northwestern end of Vancouver island. Replastering a Paguate House, photogravure print with brown ink, 1925. Volume 16, plate 576. No caption. Titishu-kghitluhl ('Deer Running'), photogravure print with brown ink, 1926. Volume 18, plate 617. Curtis's caption: Old Sarsi, as the subject of this plate is colloquially known, was ninety-eight years of age when the photograph was made in 1925. 

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