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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
12018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637A Klamath1The entire costume here depicted is alien to the primitive Klamath. The feather head-dress and fringed shirt and leggings of deerskin were adopted by this tribe within the historical period, along with other phases of the Plains culture, which extended its influence to the Klamath country by way of Columbia river and the plains of central Oregon.plain2018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Quiet waters - Yurok1The plate shows the ruggedness characteristic of the shores of Klamath river. Eddies caused by projecting masses of rock are the spots chosen for taking salmon in dip-nets, both because the upstream set of the current permits the net to be held with the opening down-stream and because the salmon are attracted to such pools of slack water after combatting the swift current.plain2018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Wife of Modoc Henry - Klamath1plain2018-03-16T21:12:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:18-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637In the forest - Klamath1The Klamath live in a country of lakes and marshes, broad meadows, and forested mountains. The reservation itself includes an extensive area of splendid pines.plain2018-03-16T21:12:18-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:18-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Klamath warrior's headdress1The material used in this peaked hat is tule stems, and the weaving is done by the twined process.plain2018-03-16T21:12:18-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:19-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Tolowa dancing headdress1The head-dress is of the type common to the Klamath River tribes - a broad band of deerskin partially covered with a row of red scalps of woodpecker. The massive necklace of clam-shell beads indicates the wealth of the wearer, or of the friend from whom he borrowed it. He carries a ceremonial celt of black obsidian and a decorated bow.plain2018-03-16T21:12:19-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:19-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Klamath lake marshes1Fairly extensive marshes occur along the shores of Klamath lake, and Klamath marsh covers about a hundred square miles. These areas are the resort of innumerable waterfowl, which were of great importance to the aboriginal Klamath, and thousands of acres were a mass of water-lilies, which yielded in abundance an edible seed.plain2018-03-16T21:12:19-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Gathering wokas - Klamath1Wokas, the seeds of the water-lily, Nymphaea polysepala, is harvested in the latter part of August and throughout September. The nearly ripe pods are plucked and deposited in the canoe, but the mature ones, having burst open, are too sticky to be plucked, and are scooped up in a tule ladle and placed in a basket. After the pods have fermented, the seeds are separated from the mass by stirring in water. They are then dried, parched, hulled, dried again, and stored in bags. Wokas was formerly a staple food, and is still much used as a luxury.plain2018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Wokas season - Klamath1plain2018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Crater Lake1Crater lake, a body of water indescribably blue, occupies an extinct crater in the heart of the Cascade mountains of southern Oregon. It is on the boundary of what was formerly the territory of the Klamath Indians, who held it to be especially potent in conferring shamanistic power upon men who there fasted and bathed. An important Klamath myth seeks to account for the former absence of fish from Crater lake, a condition that was altered in 1888 by the introduction of trout.plain2018-03-16T21:12:20-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:21-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Chief - Klamath1The subject of this plate, in deerskin suit and feathered war-bonnet of the Plains culture, is shown against a background of Crater lake and its precipitous rim towering a thousand feet above the water.plain2018-03-16T21:12:21-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:08:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Yurok house on Klamath River1plain2018-03-16T21:08:17-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:08:22-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Thinking of the old days - Klamath1plain2018-03-16T21:08:22-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:08:22-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Gathering basket material - Klamath1plain2018-03-16T21:08:22-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:08:23-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637A Klamath in costume1plain2018-03-16T21:08:23-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:08:23-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Klamath tule hat1plain2018-03-16T21:08:23-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:08:23-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Praying to the spirits of Crater Lake - Klamath1plain2018-03-16T21:08:23-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
