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The North American Indians in early photographs / Paula Richardson Fleming and Judith Luskey.

Fleming, Paula Richardson. (Author). Luskey, Judith. (Added Author).

Summary:

A photographic book providing a record of the Indians of North America between 1850 and the First World War as seen by early photographers. From the first pictures, prompted by a sense of curiosity, to the later images capturing the change in the Indian way of life, these photographs document the confrontation between white and Indian cultures. The pictures, some of which have never before been published, combine with the text to provide an important history of North American Indian life. The book also traces the evolution of photographic technique of the period and includes short biographies of over 200 photographers.

Record details

ISBN: 9780880292566
ISBN: 0880292563
Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations, photographs, maps ; 29 cm

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: New York : Harper & Row, 1986.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-253) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword / by John C. Ewers -- The background. Early photographic techniques ; The Indians dispossessed ; Indians and photography -- Peaceful encounters. The beginnnings of delegation photography, 1851-52 ; Delegation photography, 1857-58 ; The intervening years, 1858-67 ; Delegations and commissions, 1867-69 ; Delegation photography : the final years, 1870-1900 -- The Indian wars. The Souix revolt of 1862 ; Wars with the Cheyenne ; The Modoc War, 1872-73 ; Wars on the Northern Plains, 1870-81 ; The Apache wars, 1872-86 ; The tragedy at Wounded Knee -- Planning for the future. The Bosque Redondo Reservation ; Recording reservation life ; Missionaries and Indians ; 'Educating' the Indians ; Recording new life-styles, 1900-14 -- Capturing the golden moment. Recording early government expeditions ; The Four Great Surveys ; The King survey, 1867-79 ; The Wheeler survey, 1871-79 ; The Hayden survey, 1870-79 ; The Powell survey, 1871-79 ; After the surveys -- 'The culture of imaging.' Early anthropologists as photographers ; Studies of the Southwestern pueblos ; Studies on the Northwest Coast ; Anthropologists and assimilation ; James Mooney and the Ghost Dance cult ; Further studies in the Southwest -- Government studios -- Independent frontier photographers. The perilous life ; Photographers of the frontier towns -- Grand endeavors. Edward Sheriff Curtis ; Roland Reed ; The Prince Roland Bonaparte expeditions ; The Wanamaker expeditions -- Appendix 1. Delegation photographers c. 1840 - c. 1900 -- Appendix 2. Selected frontier Indian photographers c. 1840 - c. 1900.