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Edward S. Curtis above the medicine line : portraits of Aboriginal life in the Canadian West

Title
Edward S. Curtis above the medicine line : portraits of Aboriginal life in the Canadian West / Rodger D. Touchie.
Author
Touchie, Rodger.
Publication
[Surrey, B.C.] : Heritage House, ©2010.

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Description
191 pages : illustrations, map, portraits; 24 cm
Summary
A compelling narrative that sheds new light on the Curtis mystique and a fascinating overview of many of the First Peoples he studied a century ago. Tribes described include the Kutenai, Coast Salish, Kwakiutl, Nootka, Haida, Chipewyan, Western Woods Cree, Northern Assiniboin (Stoneys), Indians of the Blackfoot Confederacy, and Sarsi.
Subject
  • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
  • Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
  • Indians of North America > Canada, Western > Pictorial works
  • Indians of North America > Canada, Western > Portraits
  • Indians of North America > Canada, Western > History
  • Photographers > United States > Biography
  • Indians > Pictorial works > Canada, Western
  • Indians > Canada, Western > Portraits
  • Indians > History > Canada, Western
  • Indigenous peoples > Canada, Western > Pictorial works
  • Indigenous peoples > Canada, Western > Portraits
  • Indigenous peoples > Canada, Western > History
  • Indigenous peoples in Canada
  • Indigenous peoples
  • Indians
  • Indians of North America
  • Photographers
  • Western Canada
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Portrait.
  • Biography
  • illustrated books.
  • portraits.
  • group portraits.
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Illustrated works
  • Pictorial works
  • Portraits
  • Illustrated works.
  • Portraits.
  • Biographies.
  • Ouvrages illustrés.
  • Portraits de groupe.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 186) and index.
Contents
  • Planting the seeds. Early years -- Defining years -- Grand vision -- Calling -- Summons of a President.
  • The journey begins. Proposition -- In the beginning -- First five volumes -- Volumes 6 to 8 -- Kutenai -- Quest goes on.
  • The tribes of British Columbia. Coast Salish -- Kwakiutl -- Winter dance -- In the land of the head hunters -- Nootka.
  • North to Alberta. Dark years -- Indians of Alberta -- Chipewyan -- Western Woods Cree -- Northern Assiniboin (Stoneys) -- Blackfoot Confederacy -- Sarsi.
  • Denouement. Final volumes -- After years -- Rich legacy -- Art and the artist.
ISBN
  • 9781894974868
  • 1894974867
  • 9781926613772
  • 1926613775
LCCN
99940259030
OCLC
  • ocn499430236
  • 499430236
  • SCSB-1563068
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library