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Edward Curtis: Pacific Northwest Tribes - 285+ Native American Indian Photographs

(Revised 3/2014 - We have combined our Edward Curtis: Pacific Northwest Tribes (A-K) & (L-Z) books into one larger volume with HD (high definition) images. Now with over 285+ Photographic Reproductions covering 20 different Native American Tribes.) EDWARD CURTIS: PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRIBES Art Book contains 285+ HD Photographic Reproductions of Native American Indian Life in the Pacific Northwest with annotations, biography, tribal information and resource links. Book includes Table of Contents and is formatted for all Kindle devices, Kindle for iOS and Android tablets (use rotate and/or zoom feature on landscape/horizontal images for optimal viewing). Pacific Northwest Tribes Achomawi Chimakum Chukchansi Yokuts Clayoquot Cowichan Haida Hesquiaht Hupa Karok Klamath Kwakiutl & Koskimo Lummi Makah Nootka Puget Sound Salish Quinault Skokomish Tolowa Yurok Edward Sheriff Curtis was born on February 16, 1868 in Whitewater, Wisconsin. His father, Reverend Asahel “Johnson” Curtis, was also a Civil War Veteran. Although he had purchased and attempted to work a farm, Rev. Curtis was so weakened by the war that the family suffered severe poverty and hardship. In 1874 they moved to Minnesota to work with Rev. Curtis’ father, also named Asahel, in his grocery store. He was also the Postmaster. Even after moving, the Curtis family’s life was difficult. Edward, also called Eddy, often supplemented the family dinner table with whatever he could catch—muskrats, snapping turtles, fish. He left school in sixth grade, and soon after, built himself a camera, after discovering a camera lens brought home by his father from the war and following instructions he found in Wilson’s Photographics. Taking photographs was a welcome addition to his dreary life, and it was something to be proud of. But at age fourteen he was forced to mostly put the camera aside; with his older brother leaving home and his father becoming more and more ill, it was left to him to support the family. He got a part-time job with the railroad, and relied more than e

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