40 Rare Photos of Native American Life during the Early 1900s Volume 2

Ron Breast, A Piegan Man, 1900
Okuwa-tsire, Also Known As “cloud Bird,” Of The San Ildefonso Pueblo, 1903
A Cahuilla Woman, 1924
A Kwakiutl Chief’s Daughter, 1910
Members Of The Qagyuhl Tribe Dance To Restore An Eclipsed Moon, 1910
Qagyuhl Dancers, 1914
Iahla, Also Known As “willow,” Of The Taos Pueblo, 1905
Luzi, Of The Papago Tribe, 1907
A Kutenai Duck Hunter, 1910
Kwakiutl People In Canoes In British Columbia, 1914
An Apache Man, 1910
A Hupa Woman, 1923
A Mariposa Man On The Tule River Reservation, 1924
A Maricopa Woman, 1907
A Cahuilla Child, 1905
Spearing Salmon, 1923
A Qagyuhl Dancer Dressed As Paqusilahl (“man Of The Ground Embodiment”), 1914
Nayenezgani, A Navajo Man, 1904
The Hopi Maiden, 1905
A Zuni Woman, 1903
A Papago Woman, 1907
Hopi Bridal Costume, 1900
Kominaka Dancer, 1910
Vash Gon, A Jicarrilla Man, 1910
A Maricopa Woman With Arrow-brush Stalks, 1907
Nesjaja Hatali, Navajo Medicine Man, 1904
At The Old Well Of Acoma, 1904
Two Dakota Men Playing Hand Drums Outside Of A Tipi, 1908
A Kwakiutl Shaman, 1914
A Dancer Kisses The Grandfather, 1908
An Apache Woman Reaps Grain, 1910
An Apsaroke Shaman, 1908
Skokomish Couple Outside House Made Of Reed Mats, One Seated Beside Canoe That Has Been Pulled Onto The Riverbank, The Other Standing Holding A Paddle, 1913
A Sioux Hunter, 1905
Group Of Arikara Women. 1908
Piegan Chiefs, 1900
Mowakiu, A Tsawatenok Man, 1914
Navajo Man Bedecked In Hemlock Boughs And Mask Of A Clown Associated With The Mischievous Rain God Tonenili, 1905
Mnainak, A Yakima Chief, 1910
A Kwakiutl Person Dressed As A Forest Spirit, Nuhlimkilaka, (“bringer Of Confusion”), 1914

(Photos by Edward Sheriff Curtis)

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