Walking past a portrait of George Washington to get to the Portland Art Museum’s new exhibit, Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy, is the first of many reminders that what ...

Photogravures made from Edward S. Curtis portraits of American Horse, Oglala; Hollow Horn Bear, Brule; and an Assiniboine/Gros Ventre man. Curtis copyrighted the original photographs in 1907 and 1908.

When the noted ethnological photographer Edward S. Curtis published his 20-volume collection of photographs titled “The North American Indian” in the early years of the 20th century, it was celebrated ...

Edward Sheriff Curtis photographed and recorded data from over 80 Native American tribal groups. Starting in 1900 and continuing over the next thirty years, Edward Sheriff Curtis, or the “Shadow ...

plate 17-3/4 x 13-1/8 in., sheet 22-1/4 x 17-1/2 in.; plate 17-7/8 x 13-1/4 in. 30 x 25-1/4 x 1-3/8 in.