Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2006-10-03 Public domain in the USA. 359 Curtis, Edward S. 1868 1952 Curtis, Edward Sheriff Curtis, E. S. (Edward Sheriff) Shadow Catcher The North American Indian, Vol. 1 Reading ease score: 62.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. "The North American Indian, Vol. 1" by Edward S. Curtis is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This volume is part of a comprehensive series that depicts and describes the Indigenous peoples of the United States and Alaska. The work is characterized by its detailed field research, photography, and the vivid portrayal of the cultural practices, beliefs, and environments of various tribes, particularly the Apache and Navaho. At the start of this volume, Edward S. Curtis introduces his mission to document the rapidly vanishing cultures of Native Americans, highlighting the deep connection between the tribes and their natural environments. He describes the extensive fieldwork undertaken to gain the trust of Apache communities and collect their myths, rituals, and customs. Curtis emphasizes the artistic and spiritual dimensions of Indian life, sharing insights into their creation myths and ceremonial practices while reflecting on the impending loss of these cultures due to modernization and colonization. The opening sets a powerful tone for the exploration of Apache beliefs, their social structures, and everyday lives through the lenses of both photography and in-depth narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Indians of North America E011 Text Anthropology Native America Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American 864446 864439 2024-10-08T13:26:41.849742 2023-09-09T04:32:15.436502 text/html text/html 947144 2020-06-26T05:19:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 9028863 2020-06-26T05:19:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 9027300 2024-10-08T13:27:26.197061 application/epub+zip 9041686 2024-10-08T13:26:59.195690 application/epub+zip 10526502 2020-06-26T05:19:15 application/pdf 9383911 2020-06-26T05:19:15 application/pdf application/zip 265088 2024-10-08T13:26:44.686748 application/epub+zip 9904469 2024-10-08T13:27:36.059976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9786967 2024-10-08T13:27:12.291754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148030 2022-09-09T09:33:11.771152 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414771 2024-10-08T13:26:38.106797 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 406934 2020-06-26T05:19:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 146593 2020-06-26T05:19:15 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 414334 2020-06-26T05:19:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 146041 2020-06-26T05:19:14 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 414333 2020-06-26T05:19:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 145414 2020-06-26T05:19:15 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 527124 2020-06-26T05:19:14 application/prs.tei 9000080 2020-06-26T05:19:15 application/prs.tei application/zip 145734928 2020-06-26T05:19:15 application/octet-stream application/zip 27855 2024-10-08T13:27:36.232973 application/rdf+xml 14249 2024-10-08T13:26:45.446739 image/jpeg 3503 2024-10-08T13:26:45.058749 image/jpeg 9098742 2024-10-08T13:26:42.103751 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia