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THE
CURTIS BLOG
We post research, insights, and stories about Edward Curtis and The North American Indian, as well as perspectives on North American American and Indigenous life today.
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Chief John Spotted Tail: "Legacy Returned" and The Tale of Two Families
Chief John Spotted Tail exudes strength and dignity, adorned in traditional regalia including a warrior shirt and headdress.
Tamara Stands and Looks Back - Spotted Tail
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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."
Coleen Graybill
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Meet Descendant Timothy Reevis
I follow several "Old Native American Photo" Facebook pages and I always scan through comments made on Edward Curtis photographs. I often...
Coleen Graybill
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Peter & the Search for the Peigan Encampment
When we arrived in Browning, MT, on September 24th, we decided to just poke around for the afternoon instead of sitting in the camper or...
Coleen Graybill
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Cats and Dogs and Bears - OH MY!
Lynn Boutte, a long time friend and fellow professional photographer, joined us on our recent 2+ week trip to the Northern Plains...
Coleen Graybill
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A Light So Bright
Chief Henry Red Cloud is leading a new kind of Lakota Warrior, a Solar Warrior.
John Graybill
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Ken Workman - Duwamish
Ken Workman, Duwamish, is the great-great-great-nephew of Princess Angeline and great-great-great-great-grandson of Chief Si’ahl (for...
John Graybill
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Jeff Smith - (Makah)
Jeffery P. Smith is the great great-Grandson of Wilson Parker in Curtis’s image “The Whaler – (Makah),” taken in 1915. Jeff lives in the...
John Graybill
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2019 Descendants Summer Adventures
We need your help on this one. We have read about the incredible Indian Relay Races and would very much like to attend one as well as...
Coleen Graybill
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Upcoming Descendants!
We are off to Seattle once more the middle of April to photograph two Descendants. We have located Jeff Smith who is the great-grandson...
Coleen Graybill
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Anna Nashoalook Ellis
How would you feel if you were about to meet someone who was actually in a Curtis image? Pretty darned excited, I bet!! John and Coleen...
John Graybill
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Speaking and Visiting Cañon de Chelly
John Graybill, was asked to speak to the New Mexico Professional Photographers Association in October, 2018. After his talk about Curtis...
Coleen Graybill
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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...
John Graybill
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Introducing the Descendants Project!
The Descendants of Edward Curtis’ Native American photographs have a powerful voice to be heard—a message of survival. Their stories tell...
John Graybill
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Our First Descendant – Mary Lou Slaughter!
L: Mary Lou Slaughter as photographed for the Descendants Project. R: Kikisoblu, also known as Princess Angeline, Mary Lou's...
John Graybill
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