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Natives of the Far North: Alaska's Vanishing Culture in the Eye of Edward Sheriff Curtis
Natives of the Far North Alaska's Vanishing Culture in the Eye of Edward Sheriff Curtis Author:Shannon Lowry, Edward S. Curtis The art of photography was still young when Edward Sheriff Curtis joined the Harriman Expedition in 1899. He left home a studio photographer; he returned a zealot with a mission: to document the world of the Natives throughout North America before white settlers destroyed it utterly. This book features the best of Edward Sheriff Curtis's turn-of... more »-the-century Alaska images alongside translations of Native legends and reflections of modern-day Natives.« less