Buffalo Bill's Wild West warriors
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  alternate name: Public opinion
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  alternate name: Indians in popular culture
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  alternate name: Indians of North America
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31058097
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320128415
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/320129188
about: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/330137783
abstract: "For the first time ever, here is renowned photographer Gertrude Kasebier's haunting collection of photographs of Native American performers from Buffalo Bill's Wild West show at the turn of the century. One hundred years later, Kasebier's portraits remain significant visual records into the lives of these Sioux performers and their nation. Her photographs capture the strength and character of each individual, documenting the complexity of true warriors playing a staged version of themselves." "In 1898, Kasebier wrote to William F. Cody requesting to photograph Indians performing in his Wild West show at Madison Square Garden. Her photographs proved poignant. Her studio had no elaborate backdrops, and she removed Indian regalia to depict her subjects as "raw" individuals, with strong personalities and experiences that blurred the distinction between traditional life and contemporary times. Kasebier developed long relationships with several of the Indians, corresponding with a few for many years. Examples of these letters appear in the volume, as well as drawings done by Indians waiting in her studio, photographs of Dakota Sioux on their reservation, little-known historical background, and Wild West show memorabilia, including rare pages from Buffalo Bill's original route book." "Kasebier's photographs are preserved at the National Museum of American History's Photographic History Collection at the Smithsonian Institution."--BOOK JACKET.
contributor: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/31182800
creator: Person
  alternate name: Delaney, Michelle Anne
language: eng
work example: https://id.rijksmuseum.nl/301185456

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