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Writing the stories of the living descendants of Native Americans brilliantly captured by Curtis over 100 years ago is truly an honor for me

Our perspective on two huge auctions of Curtis prints, books, documents, and ephemera that took place at the end of June 2021.

Some thirty years after the final volume of Edward Curtis's The North American Indian appeared, knowledge of and interest in Edward...

This is the second in a two-part series about the Curtis orotones. For part 1, click here. The orotones of Edward S. Curtis are...

“We all know how beautiful the stones and pebbles in the limpid brook of the forest where the water absorbs the blue of the sky and the...

A look at the inner workings of the Curtis Studio in Seattle from 1900 to 1920.

November marks the beginning of Native American Heritage Month - a time to recognize the many contributions and achievements of Indigenous p

Through the years I wondered how Edward Curtis came to hire John Andrew & Son to produce these incredible pieces of photo/art. There had...

As part of our efforts to compile an accurate and complete census of The North American Indian, we’ve been looking at every aspect of the...

BOYS IN KAIAK, Nunivak, 1927 by Edward Curtis. In Volume 20, pages 11-13 of The North American Indian, Plate 690: "The kaiak (kaíyuh) is...

We would like to recognize and thank all our veterans who have served this country. We would especially like to recognize all the Native...

Edward Curtis had a big decision to make. For most of the past year, he had been confined to his bed due to a serious back injury, and...