Photographer’s Spectacular Portraits Taken at Native American Powwows
A photographer has created a series of magnificent portraits after attending several Native American powwows.
NatGeo Photo Series Makes the Case for Native American Sovereignty
"We Are Here" is the title of the feature story in the latest issue of National Geographic which is filled with striking photos that showcase the people behind the push for Native American sovereignty.
A Colorized Photo of Native Americans Looking at Camera Film in 1913
Here's a beautiful photo from over 100 years ago that shows two Native Americans looking at a strip of photographic film against the sky. It's a black-and-white photo that was colorized by colorization artist Jecinci.
Stunning Documentary Portraits of Native Americans from the Early 1900s
In 1906, etiologist and photographer Edward S. Curtis set out across the United States to draw, photograph and otherwise document the lives of Native Americans that hadn't yet been contacted by Western society.
Funded by J.P. Morgan, he would return 20 years later with over 40,000 photographs, which he used to illustrate his famous 20 volume series "The North American Indian." Only 222 complete sets were ever published (one of which sold last year for $1.44M at auction) and even though it has been criticized by some as misrepresenting the Native American culture at the time, its value as a documentary publication is enormous.