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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
12018-03-16T21:12:56-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Keyword PathsErik Loyer1Explore the Images Through Keywordsstructured_gallery2018-03-16T21:12:57-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
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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
12018-03-16T21:11:30-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Medicine Crow - Apsaroke1The 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.plain2018-03-16T21:11:30-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:31-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Spirit of the past - Apsaroke1A particularly striking group of old-time warriors, conveying so much of the feeling of the early days of the chase and the war-path that the picture seems to reflect in an unusual degree "the spirit of the past."plain2018-03-16T21:11:31-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:34-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Apsaroke medicine tipi1The Apsaroke medicine-men usually painted their lodges according to the visions received while fasting and supplicating their spirits. This tipi was painted dark red, with various symbols on the covering. No man would dare so to decorate a tipi without having received his instructions in revelation from the spirits.plain2018-03-16T21:11:34-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:36-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Tearing Lodge - Piegan1Pinokiminush is one of the few Piegan of advanced years and retentive memory. He was born about 1835 on Jusdith river in what is now northern Montana, and was found to be a valuable informant on many topics. The buffalo-skin cap is a part of his war costume, and was made and worn at the command of a spirit in a vision. The first fasting of Tearing Lodge for the sake of experiencing a vision is narrated by him in Volume VI, pages 79-81.plain2018-03-16T21:11:36-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:04-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Koskimo house-post1The huge, grotesquely carved interior supporting columns are the most striking feature of Kwakiutl houses. The figures perpetuate the memory of incidents in the legendary history of the family, frequently representing a tutelary spirit of the founder.plain2018-03-16T21:12:04-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Whale ceremonial - Clayoquot1Before daring to practise his dangerous art, the whaler subjects himself to a long and rigorous course of ceremonial purification in order to render himself pleasing to the spirit whale. He bathes frequently, rubs his body vigorously with hemlock sprigs, dives, and imitates the movements of a whale.plain2018-03-16T21:11:13-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Depositing a prayer-stick1Round, painted sticks with feathers attached by cotton cords are deposited in various places, particularly in springs and at shrines, in supplication to the spirits associated with the locality.plain2018-03-16T21:12:16-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:36-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Waihusiwa, a Zuni kyaqimassi1Kyaqimassi ("house chief") is the title of the Shiwanni of the north, the most important of all Zuni priests. Waihusiwa in his youth spent the summer and fall of 1886 in the East with Franklin Hamilton Cushing, and was the narrator of much of the lore published in Cushing's Zuni Folk Tales. A highly spiritual man, he is one of the most steadfast of the Zuni priests upholding the traditions of the native religion.plain2018-03-16T21:12:36-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:12:40-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Placating the spirit of a slain eagle - Assiniboin1For their feathers, which were used in many ways as ornaments and as fetishes, eagles were caught by a hunter concealed in a brush-covered pit. A rather elaborate ceremony took place over the bodies of the slain birds for the purpose of placating the eagle spirits. The Sarsi custom is described at some length in Volume XVIII, pages 95-99.plain2018-03-16T21:12:40-07:00Erik 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
12018-03-16T21:10:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Crying to the spirits1plain2018-03-16T21:10:11-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:08:23-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Praying to the spirits of Crater Lake - Klamath1plain2018-03-16T21:08:23-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:13:08-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Two Whistles1part of Visualizing the "Vanishing Race"plain2018-03-16T21:13:08-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:07:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Warm tones and Wigs1part of Visualizing the "Vanishing Race"plain2018-03-16T21:07:26-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
12018-03-16T21:11:03-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637Vanishing Race and Cañon de Chelly1Page 3 of Visualizing the "Vanishing Race"plain2018-03-16T21:11:03-07:00Erik Loyerf862727c4b34febd6a0341bffd27f168a35aa637
