A Qahatika girl, 1907
A young member of the Apache tribe, c. 1910
Eskadi, of the Apache tribe, 1903
A Qagyuhl man dressed as a bear, 1914
Qagyuhl dancers, 1914
Nakoaktok dancers wear Hamatsa masks in a ritual, 1914
An Apache man, c. 1910
The passing of every old man or woman means the passing of some tradition, some knowledge of sacred rites possessed by no other…Consequently the information that is to be gathered, for the benefit of future generations, respecting the mode of life of one of the great races of mankind, must be collected at once or the opportunity will be lost for all time.
EDWARD S. CURTIS
Hollow Horn Bear, a Brulé man, 1907
A Tewa girl, 1906
An Apache woman reaps grain, c. 1910
A Mariposa man on the Tule River Reservation, 1924
A Hidatsa man with a captured eagle, 1908
A Nootka man aims a bow and arrow, 1910
Piegan tepees, 1910
A Sioux hunter, 1905
A Kwakiutl shaman, 1914
