In the 20th century, Native American Indian was fading away quickly. With this regard, Edward Sheriff Curtis dedicated years of his life to securing and recording the lifestyle of the remarkable indigenous tribes in North America. Considerably, his work comprises some of the most enthralling photos from that era.
Wealthy financier and banker J.P. Morgan equipped Curtis with $75,000 in 1906. He was to produce a Native Americans series; so together they created a 20-volume series. It's called The North American Indian, and you can purchase here: The North American Indian: The Complete Portfolios

A Klamath Chief Poses On A Hill Above Crater Lake, Oregon, 1923


A Young Jicarrilla Girl, C. 1910


On Horseback --- an Apsaroke Man, 1908


A Group Of Navajo men In The Canyon De Chelly, Arizona, 1904


An Apsaroke Mother with her Child, 1908


the Sioux Chiefs, 1905


A Tewa Girl, 1906


A bare-skinned Nootka Man Aims A Bow And Arrow, 1910


the Black Eagle, An Assiniboin Man, 1908


Piegan Tepees, 1910


the Hollow Horn Bear, A Brulé Man, 1907


A Mohave Woman, 1903


An Apache Girl with a Papoose, 1903


A Kwakiutl Wedding Party Arrives In Intricately-designed Canoes, 1914


Nakoaktok Dancers Don Hamatsa Masks In A Ritual, 1914


Eskadi, Of The Apache Tribe, 1903


The Kwakiutl Shaman Performs A Religious Ritual, 1914


An Apache Woman, 1906


A Smoky Day At The Sugar Bowl, 1923


20 A Qagyuhl Man Portraying A Bear, 1914


Some Walpi Maidens, 1906


A young Qahatika Girl, 1907


A Navajo Man, 1904


Maricopa Child, 1907


Crow Encampment With Tipis, Tents, Wagons, Horses And Men As Noticed From The Distant Shore Of The River, 1908


the Navajos, 1905


Piegan Girls Collect Goldenrod, 1910


A Koskimo Man Dressed As Hami ("dangerous Thing") During A Numhlim Ceremony, 1914


A Qagyuhl Woman Dressed Up With A Fringed Chilkat Blanket And A Mask Representing A Deceased Relative Who Had Been A Shaman, 1914


A Hidatsa Man Carrying A Captured Eagle, 1908


Medicine Crow Among The Apsaroke Tribe, 1908


Hakalahl, A Nakoaktok Chief, 1914


Indian Woman Carrying Rushes, 1908


A Young Member Of The Apache Tribe, C. 1910


The Primitive Artists-paviotso, 1924


An Apsaroke Man Wearing Medicine Hawk Headdress, 1908


A Kwakiutl Gatherer Hunting Abalones In Washington, 1910


A Hupa Spear Fisherman Watches For Salmon, 1923


A Wishran Girl, 1910


A Kwakiutl Man Wearing A Mask Representing A Man Transforming Into A Loon, 1914


**Curtis' mechanism in recording the vanishing way of life were later on condemned by some anthropologists. He seldom posed individuals from different tribes in the same clothing, separated them from their natural settings and utilized overly romantic ones, and the like. Nonetheless, his work is still considered one of he biggest Native American research and features great authenticity.
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