by Rich Wandschneider | Aug 11, 2024 | horses, Hudson’s Bay Company, infectious diseases, Lakota, Native revival, Navajo, Ned Blackhawk, Nex Perce history, Nez Perce, Nez Perce War, North American Indian, Pacific Northwest Indians
I’ve written before about Ned Blackhawk’s outstanding book, The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History. Here’s more. The title itself is revolutionary—“rediscovering” echoing and countering the decades of homage to Columbus for...
by Rich Wandschneider | Oct 13, 2023 | American Indian history, American Indian languages, American Indians, edward curtis, Edward Sheriff Curtis, North American Indian, Tim Egan
The Josephy Library has been gifted an amazing set of books, Edward S. Curtiss’ THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN: THE COMPLETE REFERENCE EDITION. This is a reprint of the original work done over 30 years at the beginning of the 20th century by the famous photographer. The...
by Rich Wandschneider | Feb 6, 2013 | Custer, edward curtis, Little Big Hole, North American Indian, Shadow Catcher, Tim Egan, vanishing Indian
The name came to Edward S. Curtis from Indians, who were the subject of his life work—a twenty volume study in words and pictures of The North American Indian. The title of Tim Egan’s fascinating new biography is Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher: the Epic Life and...
