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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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12018-03-16T21:07:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Blackfoot country1Since the beginning of the historical period the Blackfeet have ranged the prairies along Bow river, while their allies, the Bloods and Piegan, were respectively on Belly and Old Man rivers. In the earliest times of which their traditionists have knowledge the three tribes were respectively on Saskatchewan, Red Deer, and Bow rivers.plain2018-03-16T21:07:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637A Blackfoot travois1The travois is still used for transporting bundles of ceremonial objects. Before, and sometimes even long after, the acquisition of horses, travoix were drawn by dogs.plain2018-03-16T21:07:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Medicine-headdress - Blackfoot1By long usage the term "medicine" in the sense of supernatural has become firmly fixed in the literature of American Indians, and especially the plains tribes. A head-dress of the sort here depicted consists of some part of the body, sometimes the entire skin, of the creature that appeared as a spirit in a dream of the wearer and instructed him how to have its help, especially in war.plain2018-03-16T21:07:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:06:58-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Bear Bull - Blackfoot1The plate illustrates an ancient Blackfoot method of arranging the hair.plain2018-03-16T21:06:58-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Fleshing a hide - Blackfoot1The implement for removing flesh and fat from hides is a long-bone with a beveled scraping edge. The thong attached to the upper end and passing about the woman's wrist is for the purpose of giving additional leverage.plain2018-03-16T21:07:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Bow River - Blackfoot1plain2018-03-16T21:07:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Cheyenne chief1The Cheyenne belong to the Algonquian linguistic family and therefore are related to the tribes of the Blackfoot Confederacy and to the Arapaho of the north, and, much more remotely, to many of the tribes that once lives along the Atlantic seaboard and in the Midwest. They are now divided into the Northern Cheyenne, living in Montana, and the Southern Cheyenne who were assigned a reservation in the present Oklahoma in 1867.plain2018-03-16T21:07:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:29-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Bow River and the sandhills - Blackfoot1plain2018-03-16T21:07:29-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:30-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637In a Blackfoot camp1plain2018-03-16T21:07:30-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:30-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Fat horse, with insignia of a Blackfoot soldier1plain2018-03-16T21:07:30-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
