Edward S. Curtis in the Land of the War Canoes: A Pioneer Cinematographer in the Pacific Northwest
Edward S. Curtis in the Land of the War Canoes: a Pioneer Cinematographer in the Pacific Northwest
But as this collection shows, the epic film is not simply an artifact of colonialist nostalgia.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations.
A narrative account of the pioneering photographer's life-risking effort to document a disappearing North American Indian nation offers insight into the danger and resolve behind his venture, his elevation to an impassioned advocate and the ...
43 When rereleased in the 1980s , the film's title was changed to In the Land of the War Canoes . 44 Edward S. Curtis , In the Land of the Headhunters : Indian Life and Indian Lore ( Yonkers - on - Hudson , N.Y .: World Book , 1915 ) .
I have read both the holding out of the medicine pipe toward the viewer and the expression on Philip Flat Tail's face as a visual dynamic that opens up a structure of reciprocity or gift. In his attempt to understand the workings of ...
In 2012 a complete set of the original edition has been auctioned for some USD 1.4 million. This is the first time in over a century that a modestly priced, high-quality republication has been available.
The traditional cultures of the Indians of the Great Plains?Lakotas, Cheyennes, Wichitas, Arikaras, Crows, Osages, Assiniboins, Comanches, Crees, and Mandans, among others?are recalled in stunning detail in this collection of photographs by ...
Letter from Percival Brooks Coffin to Mrs. James Mooney, January 18, 1922, Papers of James Mooney, Box 1, Folder: File on Mooney, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution. 135. Letter from Alicia Mooney to Bill Colby, ...