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Coleen Graybill

South Dakota Sun Dance & Red Hawk Descendant

Meet Vanessa Red Hawk, descendant of Chief Red Hawk photographed by E.S. Curtis in "An Oasis In The Bad Lands."

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Tim Greyhavens

Curtis Colleagues: Alexander Upshaw

A look at the life of Alexander Upshaw, a Crow Native who survived the Indian Boarding School ordeal and worked as a translator for Curtis.

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Tim Greyhavens

Curtis Colleagues: William E. Myers

A brief biography of William E. Myers (1877-1949), Curtis's primary assistant on The North American Indian project.

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Janet Steins

Reprint Editions and Other Important Reproductions of The North American Indian

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

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Honoring Native American Heritage & The Sacred Vote

John Graybill

Honoring Native American Heritage & The Sacred Vote

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

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John Graybill

A Light So Bright

Chief Henry Red Cloud is leading a new kind of Lakota Warrior, a Solar Warrior.

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John Graybill

The Sweat

“Sweating is strictly a part of the devotional observances of the Apsaroke, practised not for material cleanliness, but for such...

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Coleen Graybill

BIG Ox, Biśhéīfśidi-saśh – Apsaroke

Born about 1830. River Crow; Not Mixed clan; Fox organization. He had led ten successful war-parties and was rising rapidly when about...

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Coleen Graybill

Bear’s Belly, Kúnúh-kanánu, Arikara

From The North American Indian: Born in 1847 at Fort Clark, in the present North Dakota. He had had no experience in war when at the age...

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John Graybill

Black Eagle

BLACK EAGLE, Wa” būdí-sápa - Assiniboin. Born in 1834 on the Missouri below Williston, North Dakota. He was only thirteen years of age...

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John Graybill

Meeting Inupiat Son and Granddaughter

In October 2018, John and Coleen met two local photographers, Joe and Kimmie Randall, while judging the annual photography contest for...

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