Native nations : journeys in American photography / edited and introduced by Jane Alison.

An exploration of the photographic representation of Native American subjects in the 19th and early 20th centuries, charting the emergence of photography as it coincided with the final thrust of colonial expansion in America, and celebrating the use of photography by indigenous people to document th...

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Other Authors: Alison, Jane, 1959- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Barbican Art Gallery in association with Booth-Clibborn Editions, [1998]
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Table of Contents:
  • Journeys. They're taking our children / George Horse Capture ; When is a photograph worth a thousand words? / Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie ; The occupation of indigenous space as 'photograph' / Jolene Rickard
  • Exposures : photographs of Native Americans. Invaded spaces ; Theatre of diplomacy ; The American dream ; Desirable objects ; Curious Curtis
  • Journeys. A hundred years in the life of American Indian photographs / Mick Gidley ; 'A portion of the promises made to us have not been fulfilled' : Little Crow and the Sioux Revolt / Paula Richardson Fleming ; The resonance of anthropology / Elizabeth Edwards ; Wo'wapi Waśte-acting the part : image makers of the North American Indian / Colin Taylor ; The pen and the gaze : narratives of the Southwest at the turn of the 19th century / Benedetti Cestelli Guidi
  • Native visions : photographic sovereignty in the 20th century. Indigenous photographies : a space for indigenous realities / Theresa Harlan ; Jennie Ross Cobb ; Richard Throssel ; Horace Poolaw ; Lee Marmon ; Dugan Aguilar ; Shelley Niro ; Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie ; Larry McNeil ; Pamela Shields ; Jolene Rickard
  • Biographies and information. Selected 19th century biographies ; Native biographies.