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Visualizing the “Vanishing Race”: the photogravures of Edward S. Curtis
Front Page for Visualizing the "Vanishing Race" path
Curtis' 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 life
Media, Technology and Mediations
Curtis's Technology, Relationships to Media and Style
Contextualizing Curtis, The North American Indian, and Race
the collection of essays from the contributors
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Introduction to Consulting with Tribes by Ulia Gosart
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Information on how to participate in Performing Archive
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A path of paths that allow users to cut through the collection in a variety of ways.
Acknowledgements and Project Information
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Jacqueline Wernimont
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David J. Kim
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Stephan Schonberg
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Amy Borsuk
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Beatrice Schuster
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Heather Blackmore
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Ulia Gosart (Popova)
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He Crow - Ogalala
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Crow
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Apsaroke war-chief
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The three fox-tails hanging from the coup-stick show the subject - Medicine Crow, whose biography appears in Volume IV, page 203 - to be possessor of three first coups, that is, in three encounters he was the first to strike one of the enemy's force. The necklace consists of beads, and the large ornaments at the shoulders are abalone shells.
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Medicine Crow - Apsaroke
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The hawk fastened on the head is illustrative of the manner of wearing the symbol of one's tutelary spirit. A biographical sketch of this subject is given in Volume IV, page 203.
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Crow Eagle - Piegan
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The name, colloquially rendered as Crow Collar, refers to a neck-ornament of crow-feathers.
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Struck By Crow - Ogalala
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Custer's Crow scouts
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Crow Dog - Brule
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He Crow - Ogalala
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Charge Crow - Yanktonai
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Crow's Heart - Mandan
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Crow Ghost - Arikara
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Old Crow - Cheyenne
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Wife of Old Crow - Cheyenne
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Ogalala
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Ogalala war-party
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Here is depicted a group of Sioux warriors as they appeared in the days of intertribal warfare, carefully making their way down a hillside in the vicinity of the enemy's camp. Many hold in their hands, instead of weapons, mere sticks adorned with eagle-feathers or scalps - the so-called coup-sticks - desiring to win honor by striking a harmless blow therewith as well as to inflict injury with arrow and bullet.
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Jack Red Cloud
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The subject of this portrait is the son of the Ogalala chief Red Cloud. (See No. 103.)
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Slow Bull - Ogalala
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A biographical sketch of this subject is found on page 189 of Volume III.
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Hukalowapi ceremony
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The subject of this picture is Saliva, an Ogalala Sioux, a priest of the Hukalowapi ceremony, which is fully described in Volume III, pages 71-87.
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Prayer to the Mystery
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In supplication the pipe was always offered to the Mystery by holding it aloft. At the feet of the worshipper lies a buffalo-skull, symbolic of the spirit of the animal upon which the Indians were so dependent. The subject of the picture is Picket Pin, an Ogalala Sioux.
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Fast Elk
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A brief sketch of this Ogalala appears on page 184 of Volume III.
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Ogalala woman
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A face so strong that it is almost masculine, showing strikingly how slight may be the difference between the male and female physiognomy in some primitive people.
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In the land of the Sioux
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This picture illustrates the general character of the Sioux country. The broad, rolling prairie is broken by low hills, while here and there lie pools of stagnant water in old buffalo-wallows. The subjects of the pictures are Red Hawk, Crazy Thunder, and Holy Skin, three Ogalala who accompanied the author on a trip into the Bad Lands.
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Ogalala girls
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As a rule the women of the plains tribes are natural horsewomen, and their skill in riding is scarcely exceeded by that of the men. As mere infants they are tied upon the backs of trusty animals, and thus become accustomed to the long days of journeying.
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Planning a raid
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The Indians, in their striking and characteristic costumes, unconsciously form themselves into most picturesque groups. This shows a party of Ogalala Sioux on a hill overlooking the valley of Wounded Knee creek, on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.
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Red Cloud - Ogalala
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A biographical sketch of this well-known chief and celebrated warrior is given n page 187 of Volume III.
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Crazy Thunder - Ogalala
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A splendid specimen of the Teton Sioux.
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American Horse - Ogalala
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This subject is one of the four chiefs whose election is described in Volume III, page 16. He died in December, 1908.
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Calico - Ogalala
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Shield - Ogalala
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Stands First - Ogalala
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Good Lance - Ogalala
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Iron Plume - Ogalala
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Struck By Crow - Ogalala
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Big Road's twin daughters - Ogalala
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No Flesh - Ogalala
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Blue Horse - Ogalala
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Returned Scout - Ogalala
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Good Day Woman - Ogalala
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He Crow - Ogalala
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Kills in Timber - Ogalala
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Standing Bear - Ogalala
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Elk Boy - Ogalala
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His Fights - Ogalala
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Eagle Elk - Ogalala
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Fast Thunder - Ogalala
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Red Hawk - Ogalala
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Vol. 3 Illustrations
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