The North American Indian. The Piegan. The Cheyenne. The Arapaho. [portfolio of large plates supplementing volume VI]. Photographer(s): Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Morning Eagle - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length half-profile portrait on horseback of Morning Eagle, an elderly Piegan. 'At an age of more than ninety, Apinakuipita is still hale enough to ride his horse to the tribal gatherings.'
Tearing lodge - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Tearing Lodge, an elderly Piegan. 'Pinokiminush is one of the few Piegan of advanced years and retentive memory. He was born about 1835 on Jusdith river in what is now northern Montana, and was found to be a valuable informant on many topics. The buffalo-sk...
Double Runner - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Half-length half-profile portrait of Double Runner, a Piegan. 'Double Runner's is an excellent type of the Piegan physiognomy, as well as the ideal North American Indian as pictured by the average person. The native name of this individual is Ahjutomahka.'
Travaux - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
View of Piegan horsemen drawing travaux across a plain in Montana or Alberta. 'With the most of the plains tribes the travois was the universal vehicle for transporting camp equipment, but is now rarely seen. In the days before the acquisition of horses a smaller form of the same device was draw...
Yellow Kidney - Piegan. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Head-and-shoulders profile portrait of Yellow Kidney, a Piegan. 'The portrait shows Apuyotoksi ("light-colored kidney") wearing a wolf-skin war-bonnet.'
Porcupine - Cheyenne. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
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Head-and-shoulders half-profile portrait of Porcupine, a Cheyenne, his head garlanded with leaves. 'At the summer gatherings for such occasions as the Sun Dance, the men sometimes protect their heads from the merciless sun by a thatch of cottonwood leaves.'