First Nations Collection (#6)

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First Nations Collection: Tewa girls, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Tewa girls, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tewa girls, c1900. Two Tewa girls standing outside pueblo building

First Nations Collection: Modest maidens, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Modest maidens, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Modest maidens, c1906. Four young Hopi women gather outside of an entrance

First Nations Collection: Navaho child, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Navaho child, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Navaho child, c1905

First Nations Collection: Zuni potter, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Zuni potter, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Zuni potter, c1903. Zuni woman kneeling on animal skin on floor, making pottery

First Nations Collection: Honovi-Walpi snake priest, with Totkya Day painting, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Honovi-Walpi snake priest, with Totkya Day painting, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Honovi-Walpi snake priest, with Totkya Day painting, c1910. Hopi snake priest, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front

First Nations Collection: Navaho girl, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Navaho girl, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Navaho girl, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of Navaho girl, turned right

First Nations Collection: Sun dance pledgers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Sun dance pledgers-Cheyenne, c1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sun dance pledgers-Cheyenne, c1910. Two young men in ceremonial paint

First Nations Collection: In the Bad Lands-Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

In the Bad Lands-Sioux, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
In the Bad Lands-Sioux, c1905. Three Native Americans on horseback

First Nations Collection: Moki melon eaters, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Moki melon eaters, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Moki melon eaters, c1900. Two Hopi girls seated on ground eating melons

First Nations Collection: Qahatika girl, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Qahatika girl, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Qahatika girl, c1907

Moki melon eaters, c1900. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Moki melon eaters, c1900. Two Hopi girls seated on ground eating melons

Two daughters of a chief on horseback, riding away from camera toward tents in background, c1907

First Nations Collection: Qahatika child, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Qahatika child, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Qahatika child, c1907

First Nations Collection: Sioux maiden, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Sioux maiden, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Sioux maiden, c1908. Portrait, full length, standing by tree, beaded headband, beaded buckskin dress

First Nations Collection: Hopi children, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Hopi children, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hopi children, c1905

First Nations Collection: Navaho child, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Navaho child, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Navaho child, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Navajo child, facing front

First Nations Collection: Qahatika maiden, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Qahatika maiden, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Qahatika maiden, c1907

First Nations Collection: Return of scouts-Cheyenne, C1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Return of scouts-Cheyenne, C1910. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Return of scouts-Cheyenne, C1910. Cheyene Indians riding horses

First Nations Collection: Navaho man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Navaho man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Navaho man, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Navaho man wrapped in blanket and wearing headband

First Nations Collection: Snake gathering [D]-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Snake gathering [D]-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Snake gathering [D]-Hopi, c1907. Group of Hopi snake priests hunting snakes

First Nations Collection: Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Hastobiga, Navaho Medicine Man, c1904. Hastobiga, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, looking down

First Nations Collection: Nez Percé with furcap, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Nez Percé with furcap, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nez Perce with furcap, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Nez Perce man, facing front

First Nations Collection: Among the Black Buttes-Navaho land, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Among the Black Buttes-Navaho land, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Among the Black Buttes-Navaho land, c1905. Three Navaho Indians on horseback, silhousetted on black buttes, in evening light

First Nations Collection: Entering the Bad Lands. Three Sioux Indians on horseback, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Entering the Bad Lands. Three Sioux Indians on horseback, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Entering the Bad Lands. Three Sioux Indians on horseback, c1905

First Nations Collection: Pottery burners at Santa Clara, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Pottery burners at Santa Clara, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Pottery burners at Santa Clara, c1905. Photograph shows two women, probably Tewa, tending a fire pit, Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico

First Nations Collection: War preparation, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

War preparation, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
War preparation, c1907. Several Sioux men on horseback gather outside a tipi

First Nations Collection: The Prairie Chief, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Prairie Chief, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Prairie Chief, c1907. Sioux man on horseback in open field

First Nations Collection: The potter, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The potter, c1906. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The potter, c1906. Hopi woman painting small pottery vessel

First Nations Collection: Oyi-tsa, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Oyi-tsa, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Oyi-tsa, c1905. Duck White, Summer Cacique of Santa Clara, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front

First Nations Collection: The daughter of the desert-Navaho, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The daughter of the desert-Navaho, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The daughter of the desert-Navaho, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Navajo woman, facing front

First Nations Collection: The lone Chief-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The lone Chief-Cheyenne, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The lone Chief-Cheyenne, c1927. Cheyenne man on horseback in shallow water

First Nations Collection: Nespilim man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Nespilim man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Nespilim man, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Nespelim man, facing front

First Nations Collection: A Cheyenne Peyote leader, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

A Cheyenne Peyote leader, c1927. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Cheyenne Peyote leader, c1927. Man, three-quarter length, seated, facing left

First Nations Collection: Mohave-Judith, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Mohave-Judith, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Mohave-Judith, c1903. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Mohave woman, facing front

First Nations Collection: Tablita Dance [D], c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Tablita Dance [D], c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Tablita Dance [D], c1905. Tewa Indians dancing in line formation

First Nations Collection: A Jicarilla man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

A Jicarilla man, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Jicarilla man, c1904. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Jicarilla man

First Nations Collection: Me Sa Tawa catching snakes-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Me Sa Tawa catching snakes-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Me Sa Tawa catching snakes-Hopi, c1907

First Nations Collection: The Cheyenne Belle, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Cheyenne Belle, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Cheyenne Belle, c1904. Half lenghth portrait of a Cheyenne woman, right profile

First Nations Collection: The Valley of the Rosebud, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The Valley of the Rosebud, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The Valley of the Rosebud, c1905. Photo shows a Cheyenne Indian, wearing war bonnet headdress, on horseback at a pool of water

First Nations Collection: Bear Black, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Bear Black, c1905. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Bear Black, c1905. Bear Black, Cheyenne man, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right

First Nations Collection: At the shrine-Navaho, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

At the shrine-Navaho, c1904. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
At the shrine-Navaho, c1904. Three Navajos with horses, gathered before mound of rocks and vegetation

First Nations Collection: Judith-Mohave, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Judith-Mohave, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Judith-Mohave, c1903. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Mohave woman, right profile

First Nations Collection: Marcos, Palm Cañon Cahuilla, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, c1905 [c1924]

Marcos, Palm Cañon Cahuilla, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, c1905 [c1924]. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Marcos, Palm Canon Cahuilla, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, c1905 [c1924]

First Nations Collection: A Mohave type, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

A Mohave type, c1903. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
A Mohave type, c1903. Head-and-shoulders portrait of a Mohave Indian, facing front

First Nations Collection: The snake priests-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The snake priests-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The snake priests-Hopi, c1907. Ten Hopi snake priests, standing, facing front, carrying sticks, some with bags

First Nations Collection: Snake gathering [C]-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

Snake gathering [C]-Hopi, c1907. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
Snake gathering [C]-Hopi, c1907. Six Hopi snake priests, standing, facing front, carrying sticks

A Navajo man, head-and-shoulders portrait, wearing blanket and headband, facing front, c1904

First Nations Collection: The eagle catcher, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis

The eagle catcher, c1908. Creator: Edward Sheriff Curtis
The eagle catcher, c1908. Photo shows a Hidatsa Indian standing on large rock overlooking a valley, full-length, left profile, holding an eagle

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"Exploring the Rich Cultural Heritage of First Nations: From Sydney to Seattle" Immerse yourself in the vibrant world as you embark on a journey through North America, Canada, and beyond. The Midnight Oil Makarrata Live Sydney concert serves as a powerful reminder of the resilience and spirit of these indigenous communities. In British Columbia's picturesque Victoria, marvel at the majestic Totem Pole standing tall amidst the enchanting Butchart Gardens. Venture further into Vancouver's Stanley Park, where Brockton Point proudly showcases another intricate Totem Pole that tells stories passed down through generations. For an awe-inspiring experience, visit Capilano Suspension Bridge Park in Vancouver. Here, towering Totem Poles stand as guardians of tradition and wisdom, inviting visitors to connect with ancient cultural roots. Crossing borders into Seattle's Pioneer Square brings us face-to-face with yet another remarkable Totem Pole. This artistic masterpiece pays homage to First Nations' rich heritage while reminding us of their enduring presence across different regions. Journey eastward to Quebec's Gaspe Peninsula and discover Gesgapegiag, where Mic-Mac First Nations teepees dot the landscape. These traditional dwellings offer a glimpse into ancestral ways of life that have stood strong for centuries. Delve deeper into history by exploring Aleut culture in Unalaska 43. Step inside an underground Aleut house and witness native methods of starting fires - techniques passed down from generation to generation. The Tlicho or Dogrib people proudly showcase their huts in front of breathtaking landscapes - a testament to their harmonious relationship with nature and deep-rooted connection to their ancestral lands. As we reflect on early 19th-century artifacts like the "Gunstock" Club made from wood and pigments, it becomes clear that First Nations' artistry transcends time. Their craftsmanship is not only visually stunning but also carries profound cultural significance.