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Mosquito Hawk - Assiniboin,1908.  Edward Sheriff Curtis Photography. Edward S Curtis, Edward Curtis, Portfolio Images, American Men, Cleveland Museum Of Art, Native American History, October 19, People Of The World, Sioux

Mosquito-Hawk, Susbécha. Assiniboin. Born on the Missouri below Williston, North Dakota. When he was fourteen he followed a war-party, but gained no honors. On his next four expeditions he had as little success, but on the next he killed a Sioux. He fought against the Piegan, killing two, taking a scalp and counting a first coup. In another battle with the Piegan he killed one, counted coup, and took a scalp. He never fasted, and never has had a vision. He married at seventeen. -Volume 3…

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An Oasis in the Badlands, 1905. Edward S Curtis, Edward Curtis, Palm Springs Art, Sitting Bull, American Photo, Genghis Khan, American Photography, The Old West, Native American History

A new book and exhibition select the best of the best from one of the great achievements in photographic history. His is one of the most well-known stories in the history of photography. His body of work is also one of photography’s greatest achievements. Edward S. Curtis spent most of his working life documenting what he feared were vanishing peoples, risking — and losing — nearly everything to see his opus, The North American Indian, to completion. More than a century later, his legendary…

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Edward Curtis, American Photo, American Men, The Old West, Native American History, Indian History, Ansel Adams, Native American Culture, Foto Art

Pinokiminush is one of the few Piegan of advanced years and retentive memory. He was born about 1835 on Jusdith river in what is now northern Montana, and was found to be a valuable informant on many topics. The buffalo-skin cap is a part of his war costume, and was made and worn at the command of a spirit in a vision. The first fasting of Tearing Lodge for the sake of experiencing a vision is narrated by him in Volume VI, pages 79-81.

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Coups Well Known (Apsaroke ne Crow Indian) | by uhuru1701 Edward S Curtis, Edward Curtis, American Crow, Yellowstone River, Antique Photography, Missouri River, Great Plains, Far West, South Central

Public domain image from the Library of Congress' "American Memory Collection" (webspace hosted by the Northwestern University Library and subsidized by the Library of Congress). From Edward S. Curtis's 'The North American Indian': the Photographic Images, 2001. memory.loc.gov/ammem/award98/ienhtml/curthome.html Mr. Curtis' images (and there seem to be thousands of them) were originally published between 1907 and 1930. The images themselves are public domain but the text on the website and…

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