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241. L.R.298.b.2, 7(241)

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L.R.298.b.2, 7(241)
Title:
Spokan man. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of a Spokan man. Curtis wrote: 'In eastern Washington, along Spokane river below the Coeur d'Alenes, were three small tribes known collectively as the Spokan, and distinguished as Upper, Middle, and Lower Spokan, according to their respective positions on th...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

242. L.R.298.b.2, 7(242)

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L.R.298.b.2, 7(242)
Title:
On Spokane River. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a bend in the Spokane River in Washington, with a party of Native Americans on horseback in the foreground. 'Spokane river, from a short distance below its head in Coeur d’ Alene lake to its confluence with the Columbia, flows through the midst of what was the territory of the Spokan Ind...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
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Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

243. L.R.298.b.2, 7(243)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 7(243)
Title:
Spokan camp. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of Spokan tipis in the midst of pine forest in eastern Washington. 'The scene is the narrow bench some hundreds of feet above the level of Spokane river, on its northern bank and a few miles above its confluence with the Columbia.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

244. L.R.298.b.2, 7(244)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 7(244)
Title:
Nespilim man. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of an unnamed Nespilim man. 'The Nespilim were a small Salishan band living north of the Columbia in the valley of Nespilim river. Few representatives of the tribe survive.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

245. L.R.298.b.2, 7(245)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 7(245)
Title:
Nespilim woman. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders full-face portrait of an unnamed Nespilim woman, her face framed by a checked fabric headscarf.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
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Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

246. L.R.298.b.2, 7(246)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 7(246)
Title:
Nespilim girl. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Full-length full-face portrait of an unnamed Nespilin girl, wearing a floor-length light-coloured robe and holding a zigzag-striped bag, standing beside a stream with a backdrop of foliage. 'In the early years of the nineteenth century various explorers noted that the bands dwelling along the up...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1905
Extent:
1 item

247. L.R.298.b.2, 7(247)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 7(247)
Title:
Luqaiôt - Kittitas. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Luqaiôt, a Kittitas. 'The original of this portrait is a son of Owhi (Ôhai), who as chief of the Salishan band inhabiting Kittitas valley, Washington, at first appeared to favor the Stevens treaty of 1855, but a few months later was drawn into the Indian up...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

248. L.R.298.b.2, 7(248)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 7(248)
Title:
Country of the Kutenai. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a Kutenai canoe on the shore of Flathead Lake in Montana. 'The Kutenai occupied portions of southeastern British Columbia, northern Idaho, and northwestern Montana. In this region of blue, mountain-girt lakes and majestic rivers they very naturally made use of canoes. The commoner form w...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

249. L.R.298.b.2, 7(249)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 7(249)
Title:
Kutenai duck hunter. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Silhouette view of a Kutenai duck hunter, seen from behind, as he sits in his canoe afloat on a lake. 'In the gray dawn of a foggy morning the hunter crouches in his canoe among the rushes, waiting for the water-fowl to come within range.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

250. L.R.298.b.2, 7(250)

Reference (shelfmark):
L.R.298.b.2, 7(250)
Title:
Embarking - Kutenai. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of a canoe with two Kutenai women on the rocky shore of a lake. 'The picture was made near the southern end of Flathead lake, in northwestern Montana.'
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1910
Extent:
1 item

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