This site requires Javascript to be turned on. Please enable Javascript and reload the page.
Thanks for your patience during our recent outage at scalar.usc.edu. While Scalar content is loading normally now, saving is still slow, and Scalar's 'additional metadata' features have been disabled, which may interfere with features like timelines and maps that depend on metadata. This also means that saving a page or media item will remove its additional metadata. If this occurs, you can use the 'All versions' link at the bottom of the page to restore the earlier version. We are continuing to troubleshoot, and will provide further updates as needed. Note that this only affects Scalar projects at scalar.usc.edu, and not those hosted elsewhere.
Performing Archive
Main Menu
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
Consulting with Tribes as Part of Archive Development
Introduction to Consulting with Tribes by Ulia Gosart
Contributing Archives
Information on how to participate in Performing Archive
Browsing the Media
A path of paths that allow users to cut through the collection in a variety of ways.
Acknowledgements and Project Information
Project Network
Jacqueline Wernimont
bce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8
David J. Kim
18723eee6e5a79c8d8823c02b7b02cb2319ee0f1
Stephan Schonberg
23744229577bdc62e9a8c09d3492541be754e1ef
Amy Borsuk
c533a79d33d48cbf428e1160c2edc0b38c50db19
Beatrice Schuster
a02047525b31e94c1336b01e99d7f4f758870500
Heather Blackmore
d0a2bf9f2053b3c0505d20108092251fc75010bf
Ulia Gosart (Popova)
67c984897e6357dbeeac6a13141c0defe5ef3403
Cheyenne female type
1
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
Erik Loyer
f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
29482
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
Erik Loyer
f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
This page has paths:
1
2018-03-16T21:11:07-07:00
Erik Loyer
f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
Cheyenne
Erik Loyer
1
structured_gallery
2018-03-16T21:11:07-07:00
Erik Loyer
f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
Contents of this path:
1
2018-03-16T21:11:07-07:00
Cheyenne type
1
The original of this portrait is Wako'yami ("his horse bobtailed") of the Northern Cheyenne.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:07-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
Cheyenne profile
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
Cheyenne girl
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
Two Moons - Cheyenne
1
Two Moons was one of the Cheyenne chiefs at the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, when Custer's command was annihilated by a force of Sioux and Cheyenne.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
At the ford - Cheyenne
1
The picture represents a party of warriors on the march. The scene is at Tongue river, in Montana.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
Cheyenne warriors
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
Porcupine - Cheyenne
1
At the summer gatherings for such occasions as the Sun Dance, the men sometimes protect their heads from the merciless sun by a thatch of cottonwood leaves.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:08-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
Camp in the cottonwoods - Cheyenne
1
The scene shows a single lodge pitched in one of the cottonwood groves in the bottoms along Tongue river, in Montana.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
Waiting in the forest - Cheyenne
1
At dusk in the neighborhood of the large encampments young men, closely wrapped in non-comittal blankets or white cotton sheets, may be seen gliding about the tipis or standing motionless in the shadow of the trees, each one alert for the opportunity to steal a meeting with his sweetheart.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
Little Wolf - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
Story of the Washita
1
An Old Cheyenne warrior recounts the famous battle of the Washita in 1868, when the tribe was severely defeated by General Custer.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
On the Canadian River
1
The name of the Canadian river was not derived from any association with Canada or the Canadians, but from the Spanish cañada, on account of the high, cut banks of the stream. The Canadian originally divided the lands claimed by the Quapaw on the south and those of the Great and Little Osage on the both. The Indians in the picture are Cheyenne.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
Cheyenne sun-dance lodge
1
For an account of the Sun-dance ceremony and the erection of the lodge among the Southern Cheyenne, see Volume XIX, pages 121-128.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:09-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
Hotamitaye Society, Cheyenne sun-dance
1
The members of this and other bands, which were created by the Prophet of Cheyenne legend, go to the forest for the poles with which to build the lodge. While in the forest they decorate themselves and their horses with willow branches, leaving the rearmost horsemen to drag the poles to camp.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
Water rite purification, Cheyenne animal dance
1
The legend of the Animal dance is given on pages 133-135 of Volume XIX.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
At the pool, animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:07:28-07:00
Cheyenne chief
1
The 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.
plain
2018-03-16T21:07:28-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
Lone chief - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
Cheyenne costume
1
This woman's deerskin costume, ornamented with porcupine-quill embroidery and with beads and fringe, is characteristic of that of the Cheyenne; but such is now worn only on gala occasions and probably ere very long will be a thing of the past.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:10-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
Cheyenne maiden
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
Dog woman - Cheyenne
1
The woman's dress is embellished with elk-teeth.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
Woista - Cheyenne woman
1
Remarkable strength of character is depicted in the features of this woman, and indeed in those of all the Cheyenne. Their former life was such that only the fittest could survive.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
Black Belly - Cheyenne
1
The extreme age of this Cheyenne is quite apparent.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
Old Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
Old warrior - Arapaho
1
The Arapaho, of Algonquian stock like the Cheyenne, are divided into Northern and a Southern tribe, the former living on the Wind River reservation in Wyoming and the latter on the reservation assigned to them and the Cheyenne in the present Oklahoma in 1867.
plain
2018-03-16T21:11:11-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:20-07:00
A favorite Cheyenne costume
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:20-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:20-07:00
Cheyenne woman
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:20-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:20-07:00
Wood-gatherers - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:20-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:20-07:00
Cheyenne matron
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:20-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
Cheyenne man
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
Cheyenne female profile
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
Cheyenne female type
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
Sun dance pledgers - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:21-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
Return of scouts - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
Warrior society encircling camp - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
Cutting the centre pole - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
Return with boughs - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
Boughs for the altar - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:22-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
Departure from preparation lodge - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
Lame deer monuments - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
Offering pipe to the earth - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
Offering pipe to the skull - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
Priests passing before the pipe - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:23-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
Painting the poles - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
Crazy dancers - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
Animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
Sweat-lodge frame - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
Devotees en route - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
Building the sun lodge - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
Beginning of the altar - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
The altar - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
Sun dance in progress - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
Gray Dawn - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
Dancing - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
Cheyenne young woman
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
Stone grave - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:10:25-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
Woman's costume - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
Cheyenne child
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
Cheyenne baby-carrier
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
Cheyenne footwear
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
Old Crow - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
Wife of Old Crow - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:15-07:00
Black Wolf - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
Wife of Howling Wolf - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
Red Bird - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
Man On The Cloud - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
Magpie - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
Drying meat - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
Chiefs in the sun dance parade - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
Hivihhnihpoih Society, Cheyenne sun dance
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:16-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
Hefatyu Society, Cheyenne sun dance
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
Preparatory lodge, Cheyenne sun dance
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
Sun dance lodge - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
Interior of sun dance lodge - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
Sun dancers - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
Buffalo society, animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:17-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
Buffalo dancers, animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
Animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:07:24-07:00
Brush huts, animal dance encampment - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:07:24-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
Brush lodge - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
The clowns, animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
The wolf, animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
Deer society, animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
Healing rite of the Deer society, animal dance - Cheyenne
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:18-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:09:22-07:00
A Cheyenne peyote leader
1
plain
2018-03-16T21:09:22-07:00
1
2018-03-16T21:10:15-07:00
Erik Loyer
f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
Vol. 6 Illustrations
Erik Loyer
1
Media Gallery
structured_gallery
2018-03-16T21:10:15-07:00
Erik Loyer
f862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637