Publisher's Synopsis
A photographic book providing a record of the Indians of North America between 1850 and the First World War as seen by early photographers.;From the first pictures, prompted by a sense of curiosity, to the later images capturing the change in the Indian way of life, these photographs document the confrontation between white and Indian cultures.;The pictures, some of which have never before been published, combine with the text to provide an important history of North American Indian life.;The book also traces the evolution of photographic technique of the period and includes short biographies of over 200 photographers.
