Native Nations: Journeys in American Photography

Native Nations: Journeys in American Photography by Booth-Clibborn Editions. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781861540737.

Native Nations accompanies the exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery, which is a visually rich yet critical exploration of the photographic representation of Native North Americans before the first world war and the advent of Modernism. The themes covered include the development of photography, the emergence of anthropology as a discipline, and the historical period that witnessed the white colonization of the West, as well as the final stages of Indian revolt, and the government policy of assimilation. This book challenges the stereotypical view of the Red Indian that we know from popular culture and includes photographic journeys by six authors - three Native and three non-Native.