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Performing ArchiveMain MenuVisualizing the “Vanishing Race”: the photogravures of Edward S. CurtisFront Page for Visualizing the "Vanishing Race" pathCurtis' Image and Life: The Network of The North American Indian, Inc.An experiment with data visualization approach to understand and contextualize Curtis' images and his lifeMedia, Technology and MediationsCurtis's Technology, Relationships to Media and StyleContextualizing Curtis, The North American Indian, and Racethe collection of essays from the contributorsConsulting with Tribes as Part of Archive DevelopmentIntroduction to Consulting with Tribes by Ulia GosartContributing ArchivesInformation on how to participate in Performing ArchiveBrowsing the MediaA path of paths that allow users to cut through the collection in a variety of ways.Acknowledgements and Project InformationProject NetworkJacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8David J. Kim18723eee6e5a79c8d8823c02b7b02cb2319ee0f1Stephan Schonberg23744229577bdc62e9a8c09d3492541be754e1efAmy Borsukc533a79d33d48cbf428e1160c2edc0b38c50db19Beatrice Schustera02047525b31e94c1336b01e99d7f4f758870500Heather Blackmored0a2bf9f2053b3c0505d20108092251fc75010bfUlia Gosart (Popova)67c984897e6357dbeeac6a13141c0defe5ef3403
12018-03-16T21:13:00-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Tribe PathsErik Loyer1Explore the Media by Tribestructured_gallery2018-03-16T21:13:00-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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12018-03-16T21:07:10-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Bear's Belly - Arikara1A member of the medicine fraternity, wrapped in his sacred bear-skin. A biographical sketch of this subject is given in Volume V, page 178.plain2018-03-16T21:07:10-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:10-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Four Horns - Arikara1A biographical sketch of this subject appears in Volume V, page 179.plain2018-03-16T21:07:10-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:10-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637White Shield - Arikara1A mixed-blood member of the medicine fraternity.plain2018-03-16T21:07:10-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:10-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Sitting Bear - Arikara1A biographical sketch of this subject will be found in Volume V, page 180.plain2018-03-16T21:07:10-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Bear's Teeth - Arikara1A member of the Night order of the medicine fraternity.plain2018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Bull Neck - Arikara1A member of the Buffalo order of the medicine fraternity. Bull Neck is portrayed wearing his head-dress of buffalo horns and hide. A biographical sketch is given in Volume V, page 178.plain2018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine fraternity1In this group are shown the principal participants in the reenactment of the Arikara medicine ceremony, which was given for the author's observation and study in July, 1908.plain2018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine ceremony - Dance of the fraternity1After each order has performed its dance about the sacred cedar, the entire fraternity, group by group, emerges from the lodge and dances.plain2018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Announcement - Arikara1Among the Missouri River Indians of the earthen lodges - the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara - the chiefs and priests made their announcements from the housetops. This picture is of Bear's Teeth standing on the roof of the ceremonial lodge in which occurred the medicine ceremony described in Volume V, pages 70-76.plain2018-03-16T21:07:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Rush gatherer - Arikara1The Arikaras, as well as their close neighbors, the Mandan and Hidatsa, made many mats of rushes. These were used largely as floor coverings.plain2018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine ceremony - The Bears1After dancing around the sacred cedar, the members of the Bear order halt and complete their songs before reentering the medicine-lodge.plain2018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine ceremony - Dance of the black-tail deer1The two dark figures are painted in a manner suggesting the elk, the others the antelope.plain2018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine ceremony - The Ducks1Three members of the medicine fraternity, painted to represent ducks and holding the rushes among which waterfowl rest, in their dance around the sacred cedar.plain2018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine fraternity - The prayer1This impressive picture from the Arikara medicine ceremony shows the priests in a semi-circle about the sacred cedar.plain2018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara girl1A type produced by several generations of tribal and racial intermarriage. The subject is considered by her tribesmen to be a pure Arikara, but her features point unmistakably to a white ancestor, and there is little doubt that the blood of other tribes than the one which claims her flows in her veins.plain2018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara chief1The tribal chief, Sitting Bear, is portrayed in full costume of scalp-shirt, leggings, and moccasins, all of deerskin, and eagle-feather war-bonnet and coup-stick.plain2018-03-16T21:07:12-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637In the medicine-lodge - Arikara1plain2018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Ground plan of Arikara medicine-lodge1plain2018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Contents of Arikara tribal medicine bundle1plain2018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara corn ceremony : bearing out the osiers1plain2018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine ceremony : The bears1plain2018-03-16T21:07:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine ceremony : The buffalo1plain2018-03-16T21:07:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Bringing in the cedar - Arikara1plain2018-03-16T21:07:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Blessing the children - Arikara1plain2018-03-16T21:07:14-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine ceremony : Night men dancing1plain2018-03-16T21:07:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Arikara medicine ceremony : The buffalo dancing1plain2018-03-16T21:07:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Prayer to the cedar - Arikara1plain2018-03-16T21:07:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Rattles of Arikara bear medicine-men1plain2018-03-16T21:07:15-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Dancing into the medicine-lodge - Arikara1plain2018-03-16T21:07:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Keeper of a medicine bundle - Arikara1plain2018-03-16T21:07:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Singing to the cedar - Arikara1plain2018-03-16T21:07:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Red Star - Arikara1plain2018-03-16T21:07:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637