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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
12018-03-16T21:13:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Volume Three Illustrations and Portfolio ImagesErik Loyer1Media Galleriesstructured_gallery2018-03-16T21:13:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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12018-03-16T21:11:25-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Medicine-man1Invocation and supplication enter so much into the life of the Indian that this picture of the grim old warrior invoking the Mysteries is most characteristic. The subject of the illustration is Slow Bull, whose biography is given in Volume III, page 189.plain2018-03-16T21:11:25-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Ogalala war-party1Here 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.plain2018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Two Strike1A biographical sketch of this Brule chief appears in Volume II, page 190.plain2018-03-16T21:11:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Sioux chiefs1Very often two or three men would form themselves into a war-party and ride away to be gone weeks or months. Sometimes they returned with scalps or horses, or women ; and again the war-party, whether large or small, met defeat and none survived to bring back to anxious wives and children the story of the disaster.plain2018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Oasis in the Bad Lands1This picture was made in the heart of the Bad Lands of South Dakota. The subject is the sub-chief Red Hawk, a sketch of whose life is given on page 188 of Volume III.plain2018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Jack Red Cloud1The subject of this portrait is the son of the Ogalala chief Red Cloud. (See No. 103.)plain2018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Hollow Horn Bear1The life of this Brule Sioux is briefly treated in Volume III, page 186.plain2018-03-16T21:11:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Sun dancer1"As they dance, the performers never leave the spot on which they stand, the movement consisting in a slight upward spring from the toes and ball of the foot; legs and body are rigid. Always the right palm is extended to the yellow glaring sun, and their eyes are fixed on its lower rim. The dancer concentrates his mind, his very self, upon the one thing that he desires, whether it be the acquirement of powerful medicine or only success in the next conflict with the enemy." - Volume III, pages 95-96.plain2018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Slow Bull - Ogalala1A biographical sketch of this subject is found on page 189 of Volume III.plain2018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Brule war-party1This rhythmic picture shows a party of Brule Sioux re-enacting a raid against the enemy.plain2018-03-16T21:11:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Gray day in the Bad Lands1Badlands (S.D. and Neb.)plain2018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637High Hawk1The subject is shown in all the finery of a warrior dressed for a gala occasion - scalp-shirt, leggings, moccasins, and pipe-bag, all embroidered with porcupine-quills; eagle-feather war bonnet, and stone-headed war-club from the handle of which dangles a scalp. High Hawk is prominent among the Brules mainly because he is now their leading historical authority, being much in demand to determine the dates of events important to his fellow tribesmen. His calendar, or "winter-count," is explained, and in part reproduced, in Volume III, pages 159-182.plain2018-03-16T21:11:02-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Prairie chief1This picture was made on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota at a time when the Indians were assembled in a large encampment, reliving the days of old.plain2018-03-16T21:11:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:01-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Little Hawk1This portrait exhibits the typical Brule physiognomy.plain2018-03-16T21:11:02-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Hukalowapi ceremony1The 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.plain2018-03-16T21:11:06-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Prayer to the Mystery1In 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.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Fast Elk1A brief sketch of this Ogalala appears on page 184 of Volume III.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Sioux camp1It was customary for a war-party to ride in circles about the tipi of their chief before starting on a raid into the country of the enemy.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Ogalala woman1A 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.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637In the land of the Sioux1This 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.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Ogalala girls1As 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.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Sioux girl1A young Sioux woman in a dress made entirely of deerskin, embroidered with beads and porcupine-quills.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Planning a raid1The 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.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Morning attack1The favorite moment for attack was just at dawn, when the enemy was presumably unprepared to offer quick resistance.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Heavy load - Sioux1Summer and winter the Sioux women performed the heavy work of the camp, and what was seemingly drudgery was to her part of the pleasure of life.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Black Eagle - Assiniboin1The life of Black Eagle is briefly treated in Volume III, page 182.plain2018-03-16T21:11:27-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Mosquito Hawk - Assiniboin1A biographical sketch of this subject is found in Volume 111, page 187.plain2018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Red Cloud - Ogalala1A biographical sketch of this well-known chief and celebrated warrior is given n page 187 of Volume III.plain2018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Crazy Thunder - Ogalala1A splendid specimen of the Teton Sioux.plain2018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Wood gatherer - Sioux1Fuel for cooking and for warming the tipi was gathered and carried by the women, as a part of their domestic work.plain2018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Winter camp - Sioux1With the coming of winter the plains tribes pitched their camps in forested valleys, where they not only were protected from the fierce winds of the plains, but had an ample supply of fuel at hand.plain2018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Assiniboin camp1In making their camps the Indians often chose more picturesque spots.plain2018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637American Horse - Ogalala1This subject is one of the four chiefs whose election is described in Volume III, page 16. He died in December, 1908.plain2018-03-16T21:11:28-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:29-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Invocation - Sioux1Scattered throughout the Indian country are found spots that are virtually shrines. These are often boulders or other rocks which through some chance have been invested with mythic significance, and to them priest and war-leaders repair to invoke the aid of the supernatural powers. The half-buried bowlder on which the suppliant stands is accredited with the power of revealing to the warrior the foreordained result of his projected raid. Its surface bears what the Indians call the imprint of human feet, and it is owing to this peculiarity that it became a shrine. About it the soil is almost completely worn away by the generations of suppliants who have journeyed hither for divine revelationplain2018-03-16T21:11:29-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:29-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Mountain-sheep hunter - Sioux1Mountain-sheep, grazing in the most inaccessible parts of the Bad Lands, were sought only by the most ambitious hunters.plain2018-03-16T21:11:29-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:29-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637In the Bad Lands1This striking picture was made at Sheep Mountain in the Bad Lands of Pine Ridge reservation, South Dakota.plain2018-03-16T21:11:29-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
