3- The Great Plains Native American tribes of the Great Plains region ‰ the Piegan, Sioux, Atsina, Apsaroke, Cheyenne, Assiniboin, Mandna, Arikara, Brule, Blackfoot, Ogalala, Hidatsa, among others ‰ were Edward Sheriff CurtisÕs first subject in his compilation of the extensive ethnographic/photography record The North American Indian. Throughout his thorough study of the native nations of the United States, Canada, and Alaska from the 1890s to the 1930s, Curtis often returned to observer life on the Plains, investigating every aspect of tribal culture.

4- Hidden Faces Mythologies and rites of Native Americans fascinated ethnographer/photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis. During his journeys in the United States, Canada and Alaska from the 1890s through to the 1930s, these aspects of tribal life, recorded extensively on film and in text, played a large part in CurtisÕs multi-volume publication, The North American Indian.