Edward S. Curtis and “The Vanishing Race”: Ethnography, Photography, and Absence in “The North American Indian” Reception

This exhibit presents vintage photogravures culled from the 20 portfolios of The North American Indian. These are drawn from Special Collections, which holds one of only 300 known complete sets. The images have been critically reconsidered by scholars and Native communities not only for what they depict, but also for what is missing, absent, or untrue. Accompanying texts serve to reframe a number of the debates which have surrounded the project from its beginning over a century ago.

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