Flathead camp on Jocko River. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Twilit view of people clustered outside tipis in a Flathead camp on Jocko River in Montana. 'The scene depicts a small camp among the pines on the reservation of the Flatheads in western Montana, the majestic Rocky mountains rising abruptly in the background.'
A stormy day - Flathead. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Twilit view of people gathered outside tipis set among pine trees in a Flathead camp. 'The day was a succession of sudden squalls descending from the near-by mountains. Just a moment before sunset, when all hope of accomplishing anything with a camera was abandoned, the sun broke through the clo...
A Flathead dance. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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View of Flatheads performing a ceremonial dance beneath pine trees in a Montana camp. 'Eliminating the environment, one would suppose that a party of plains Indians were performing. The costumes, the step, the gesture, the character of songs, all evidence of the Flathead war-dance.'
Kalispel type. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Half-length half-profile portrait of an unnamed Kalispel, holding a feather. Curtis wrote: 'The Kalispel lived in northeastern Washington, in the valley of Clarks fork (Pend d'Oreille river) of the Columbia, from about the place where the Idaho boundary crosses the stream down to Box cañon.' (Th...
Dusty dress - Kalispel. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Half-length full-face portrait of Skohlpá, a Kalispel. 'The Kalispel young woman, Skohlpá, is garbed in a dress ornamented with shells that imitate elk-tusks. The braids of hair are wound with strips of otter fur, and a weasel-skin dangles from each. The bands of white on the hair are effected w...
Village of the Kalispel. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Distant view of a Kalispel village, seen from a river bank, with the river and three Kalispel canoes in the foreground. 'The Kalispel, who now number about a hundred, are scattered along the eastern side of the Pend d'Oreille river in eastern Washington. In the summer they assemble in their pict...
Kalispel scene. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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View of a group of Kalispel in canoes on the Pend Oreille River in Washington.' From time out of mind the Kalispel have been boatmen, and they are one of the few inland tribes that still possess and use craft of native manufacture. Their canoes are made of pine-bark on a framework of cedar strip...