Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian.

A selection of 88 plates from the author's The North American Indian, supplemental vol.

Published in conjunction with an exhibition held Sept. 7-Oct. 15, 1972, in Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Text, drawings, and photographs describe the life of the Salish Indians and other North American tribes before the arrival of white settlers.

Contains over 300 photographs by Edward Sheriff Curtis from his inspirational work on the North American Indian.

This eloquent new anthology gives a vivid insight into the world of Native Americans. The chants, prayers, and songs in these pages vibrate with wisdom, joy, and terrible sadness. Underlying everything is a sense of the sacred - the wish, as one Yokuts poet says, to be "one with the world." The sixty poems in this collection are accompanied by over forty unforgettable duotone photographs by Edward S. Curtis. This stunning combination of word and image...