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Bears Belly — Arikara , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1908Chief Joseph , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1903Clayoquot Maiden , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1915Completely Silenced. Dead Confederate Artillerymen, as They Lay Around Their Battery after the Battle of Antietam , Alexander Gardner, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1862“Edward Curtis: Coming to Light — Shadow Catcher,” George Horse Capture, PBS, 2001 “Edward Curtis: Photographing the North American Indian,” Smithsonian Magazine, YouTube “Edward Curtis’ Epic Project to Photograph Native Americans,” Gilbert King, Smithsonian Magazine , 2012 “Edward S. Curtis’s The North American Indian,” Northwestern University Excerpt from Sacred Legacy , N. Scott Momaday, Edwardcurtis.com, Contemporary Native Perspectives Excerpt from The Women , Louise Erdrich, Edwardcurtis.com, Contemporary Native Perspectives Fort Totten Defenses of Washington , Mathew Brady, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1862Forward to Sacred Legacy , Joseph D. Horse Capture, Edwardcurtis.com, Contemporary Native Perspectives Get the Picture , Cathy Pearson, Archive.org, 2013Home of a Rebel Sharpshooter, Gettysburg , Alexander Gardner, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1863Klamath Woman , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1923Moving Camp — Atsina , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1908Ogalala War Party , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1907On the Warpath — Atsina , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1908“Origins of Photojournalism,” American Battlefield Trust, 2020 “Photography and the Civil War,” Garry Adelman, American Battlefield Trust, 2015 “Photogravures: Prints, Not Photographs,” Smithsonian Libraries Princess Angeline , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1899Red Cloud , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1905The Blanket Weaver — Navaho , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1904The Land of the Atsina , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1908The Mussel Gatherer , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1899The Potter Mixing Clay , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries, 1921Valley of the Shadow of Death , Roger Fenton, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1855“What I Learned about Photography Projects from Edward S. Curtis,” Sean Tucker, YouTube, 2021 Optional
Unit Reader
“The History of Photojournalism. How Photography Changed the Way We Receive News,” Jessica Stewart, My Modern Met, 2017
Digital Access
“Alexander Gardner Saw Himself as an Artist, Crafting the Image of War in All Its Brutality,” Ernest B. Furgurson, Smithsonian Magazine , 2015 Apache Medicine-man , Edward S. Curtis, Charles Deering, McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Libraries“Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy,” Zig Jackson, Wendy Red Star, and Will Wilson, Portland Art Museum, 2016 “Getting Started with Primary Sources,” Library of Congress “The North American Indian,” Curtis Legacy Foundation The North American Indian, Volume 1 , Edward S. Curtis, Project Gutenberg, 1907/2006“Will Wilson — Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy,” Portland Art Museum, YouTube, 2016 “Zig Jackson — Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy,” Portland Art Museum, YouTube, 2016
Multimedia
Coming to Light: The Edward S. Curtis Story , Anne Makepeace, Makepeace Productions, 2001