| Native American Dance This digital collection integrates over 2,300 photographs and 7,700
pages of text relating to the American Indians in two cultural areas
of the Pacific Northwest, the Northwest Coast and Plateau. These
resources illustrate many aspects of life and work, including housing,
clothing, crafts, transportation, education, and employment. The
materials are drawn from the extensive collections of the University
of Washington Libraries, the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
(formerly the Cheney Cowles Museum/Eastern Washington State Historical
Society), and the Museum of History and Industry in Seattle. The North American Indian by Edward S. Curtis is one of the most
significant and controversial representations of traditional American
Indian culture ever produced. Issued in a limited edition from 1907-1930,
the publication continues to exert a major influence on the image
of Indians in popular culture. Curtis said he wanted to document
"the old time Indian, his dress, his ceremonies, his life and
manners." In over 2000 photogravure plates and narrative, Curtis
portrayed the traditional customs and lifeways of eighty Indian
tribes. The twenty volumes, each with an accompanying portfolio,
are organized by tribes and culture areas encompassing the Great
Plains, Great Basin, Plateau Region, Southwest, California, Pacific
Northwest, and Alaska. Featured here are all of the published photogravure
images including over 1500 illustrations bound in the text volumes,
along with over 700 portfolio plates.
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