The North American Indians in early photographs

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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:

300 photographs of the North American Indian and accompanying text provide a history of Indian life. Also traces the evolution of photographic techniques and includes short biographies of important photographers.

Record details

ISBN: 0060155493
ISBN: 9780060155490
Physical Description: 256 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 29 cm
Publisher: New York : Harper & Row, 1986.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (pages 248-253) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Foreword / by John C. Ewers -- Timeline of American-Indian relations -- The background. Early photographic techniques ; The Indians dispossessed ; Indians and photography -- Peaceful encounters. The beginnings 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 Sioux 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, 1867-70 ; The Wheeler survey, 1871-79 ; The Hayden survey, 1870-79 ; The Powell survey, 1871-79 ; After all the surveys... -- 'The culture of imagining'. 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.