Native Land Native People: From the Edward S. Curtis Collection

by Wayne Youngblood

In 1906 J.P. Morgan offered Edward Curtis $75,000 to produce a series of books on the North American Indian. It would end up to be a big series - twenty volumes with 1,500 photographs. This book starts with the story of the chance meeting on Mount Rainer that led to Curtis' involvement on the Harriman Alaskan expedition, and ultimately, to the North American Indian.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published July 30, 2008

Reviews

[Nicholas Sly]

The Curtis photos, reprinted here in this very large book, are 5 star worthy. The accompanying text is a bit more hit or miss and often provides only slim context for the photos.

[Bec]

The book is cumbersome, but it's worth it for the quality of the pictures, which are absolutely stunning.