North American Indians

About this book

Between 1896 and 1930 Edward S. Curtis documented Native Americans and their way of life in the western United States and British Columbia. His efforts resulted in a twenty-volume visual record accompanied by texta document unequaled in the history of photography. Sixty-eight photographs from the original collection have been selected for this Aperture book; the result is a compilation of Curtiss best-known images documenting the Native American way of life molded by rich traditional values centered on nature and the universe.