John Quapaw (Hunta Wakunta) — Quapaw. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Head-and-shoulders right profile portrait: 'The Quapaw are another Siouan tribe, otherwise known as Akansa, from which Arkansas river and state derive their name.'
Esipermi — Comanche. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Head-and-shoulders right profile portrait of an elderly Comanche warrior: 'There were no more vigorous people among the Indians of the Plains than the Comanche, a Shoshonean tribe, related to the Shoshone and Bannock of Idaho, from which region they entered the northern plains and drifted ever s...
Peyote drummer. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Portrait of an Indian man, kneeling on the ground and posed in the act of beating the drum during the peyote ritual: 'The Peyote rite as practised by the Indians of Oklahoma is described in Volume XIX. No Indian custom has been the subject of greater controversy or has led to the adoption of mor...