Encounters on the US Frontier, late 19^th and 20^th century

“By creating a distorted appearance Curtis did not capture the ‘vanishing’ Indian; his artistic choices and practices ‘vanished’ the contemporary, and even future, Native American.” –Katherine Hauser

Amos Bad Heart Bull, Custer confronts Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse, c.1880-1900 (Oglala Souix)

Edward Curtis, Bear Bull, Blackfoot, c.1926 (USA)

Edward Curtis, In a Piegan Lodge, c.1910 (USA)

Marcus Amerman, A Day at the Beach, 2002 (USA)

James Luna, Artifact Piece, 1987 (USA)

James Luna, Petroglyphs in Motion, 2001 (USA)

Judith Lowery, Road Kill Warrior, 2001

Terms:

Battle of Little Big Horn, 1876, General Custer, Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

Vanishing Race Myth

Ethnography

Encounters on the US Frontier, late 19th and 20th century

Vanishing Race Myth

Encounters on the US Frontier, late 19^th and 20^th century